The Heartbreak Kid (1972)

A film review by Christopher Null - Copyright © 2000 Filmcritic.com

Long before Meet the Parents, there was The Heartbreak Kid. Genuinely funny, Kid features Charles Grodin as a hapless and sappy ex-G.I. who decides to dump his new wife -- on his honeymoon in Florida -- after falling for a young blonde played with perfect coyness by Shepherd. Genuinely funny thanks to Grodin's prodigious comic talents, though Eddie Albert nearly steals the show as Shephard's heard-it-all father. Now about that ending (or lack of one)...

Rating

3.5 out of 5 Stars

  • Director: Elaine May
  • Producer: Edgar J. Scherick
  • Screenwriter: Neil Simon
  • Stars: Charles Grodin, Cybill Shepherd, Jeannie Berlin, Audra Lindley, Eddie Albert
  • MPAA Rating: PG

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