The Heartbreak Kid

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Izaiah S. It is a cautionary tale about lust. It pairs well with The Graduate. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/05/25 Full Review Mike V A hip, hot and sexy lesson in love. The Heartbreak Kid is a 1972 American romantic black comedy film directed by Elaine May 💔 It’s good 🙂 Worth a watch. I’d recommend it if you like this genre 👍🏼 Three days into his Miami honeymoon with needy and unsophisticated Lila, Lenny meets tall, blonde Kelly. This confirms his fear that he has made a serious mistake and he decides he wants to be with Kelly instead. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 06/07/25 Full Review Alec B As ruthlessly cynical as Simon's screenplay is, May's direction is the most subversive thing here. She forces the audience to slowly abandon all sympathy for these character so that by the end you're utterly relieved that no one is happy. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/05/24 Full Review Audience Member There's some okay stuff in here, but it ultimately isn't funny enough to compensate for a story that isn't particularly captivating, nor for characters who are either underdeveloped, uninteresting, or flat-out unlikable. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review William L "I didn't come out here to negotiate for Kelly, I came out here to fight for her. I spent three years in the United States Army. I fought every God-damned minute of those three years. Unfortunately not overseas because of a minor back injury." Something of a Jewish version of The Graduate with more deadpan, The Heartbreak Kid bounces between targeted cultural satire and more universal humor in young romantic/matrimonial wanderings. Grodin's Cantrow is a laughably and unsympathetically faithless newlywed (but notably, not too laughably; there's the distinct feeling that people exist exactly like him) experiencing a crisis after thoughtlessly arranging a marriage to a partner that he hardly knows. He sees the next 50 years laid out as a grind as he stares at a woman who eats without reservation and doesn't listen to what he says (yeah, some of the humor is pretty dated), and subsequently jumps at the first woman with spontanieity that he runs across regardless of the actual likelihood of their happiness is. The film plays off social stereotypes and interactions, particularly the dissolution of a Jewish marriage for the husband to pursue a WASPy girl next door type, before ending up in a world in which he doesn't know how to hold a basic conversation. At times superficially funny, other darkly comic, and often stressful in its rather bleak depiction of a one-sided relationship and obsession, Simon's script may not have aged perfectly in all places but May still makes a satisfying final product with some great moments and variety to its tone. (3.5/5) Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 06/29/21 Full Review s r 1001 movies to see before you die. This was entertaining, but in a painful and uncomfortable way. The premise was good, but you weren't sure where it was going. There were unanswered questions. It then it surprised with its sudden ending. Shepard was gorgeous. It was on YouTube. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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