Divorce American Style

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Divorce American Style

Released Jun 21, 1967

1h 49m

Comedy

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Suburban couple Richard Harmon (Dick Van Dyke) and his wife, Barbara (Debbie Reynolds), have exhausted their patience in their marriage. Bored and no closer to fixing their problems through counseling, the couple opts to divorce, and the proceeding tug-of-war over children, money and possessions reveals that maintaining their marriage was far easier than ending it. Along the way are attempts for both at new relationships, with the subject of alimony playing a hidden role in matters.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Rated: 3.5/4

Oct 23, 2004

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Richard Schickel

LIFE

It actually has something truthful to say about the way we live now and says it with a savagery of tone that runs completely counter to the warm, babbling, socially meaningless flow of our comic mainstream.

Jan 5, 2022

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Wilfrid Sheed

Esquire Magazine

Debbie Reynolds and Dick Van Dyke are gruesomely well-cast.

Feb 6, 2020

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Joyce Melba

Los Angeles Free Press

Undoubtedly, the movie's makers sat down to several screenings of Divorce Italian Style with pencils and pads in hand and mapped out American counterpart situations. But the ideas do gain in the American translation.

Feb 3, 2020

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: B-

Jun 17, 2005

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Lori Hoffman

Atlantic City Weekly

Trivia alert: Tim Matheson is Debbie's teenage son

Rated: 4/5

Apr 8, 2005

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Audience Member

This comedy has teeth. Dick Van Dyke and Debbie Reynolds were wonderful together with a supporting cast that added to theirs, and the film’s, punch. It’s a difficult fine line to walk for a comedy to make me laugh while conveying some biting social commentary. As a child of divorce it resonated with me. Heartily recommended.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/08/24

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Steve D

I don't get the appeal of any of these films.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/26/24

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Audience Member

The best comedy movie ever made!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Audience Member

It's cute, but really dated and doesn't hold up well at all.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Audience Member

While firmly imbedded in 60 style and culture, the film nevertheless humorously touches on many of the difficult timeless realities created by long term relationships and divorce. A very fun cast. I especially enjoyed the insanity of Debbie Reynolds character being on a date with another divorced man (Tom Bosley later of Happy Days) and attempting to pick up the kids. The convoluted mess of broken families each trying to get their kids results in one child inevitably being left behind--poignant.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Audience Member

(First and only viewing - 10/13/2013)

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

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Synopsis

Suburban couple Richard Harmon (Dick Van Dyke) and his wife, Barbara (Debbie Reynolds), have exhausted their patience in their marriage. Bored and no closer to fixing their problems through counseling, the couple opts to divorce, and the proceeding tug-of-war over children, money and possessions reveals that maintaining their marriage was far easier than ending it. Along the way are attempts for both at new relationships, with the subject of alimony playing a hidden role in matters.

Director: Bud Yorkin
Producer: Norman Lear
Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Production Co: National General Production Inc., Tandem Enterprises Inc.
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 21, 1967, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 1, 2011
Runtime: 1h 49m

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