PG-13 | 1h 46min | Romance-Drama, Comedy | 1972
“The Heartbreak Kid” (1972) is one of Elaine May’s best films as a director. It’s based on Neil Simon’s screenplay, which in turn, is based on Bruce Jay Friedman’s play “A Change of Plan.”
This year marks the movie’s 50th anniversary, yet it speaks, even today, to anyone who’s ever dated, married, divorced, remarried, and gone nowhere in a hurry. It speaks, tongue in cheek, however, just as May and Simon want it to.
A regular Jewish guy, Lenny (Charles Grodin) falls for and marries a regular Jewish girl, Lila (Jeannie Berlin, May’s daughter). Three days in, he finds her too dowdy, and figures he’s chosen poorly….