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The Odd Couple

1968 · 106 min

A warm, witty comedy of clashing habits, with sharp dialogue and a gentle heart beneath the bickering.

Tagline
...say no more.
Overview
In New York, Felix, a neurotic news writer who just broke up with his wife, is urged by his chaotic friend Oscar, a sports journalist, to move in with him, but their lifestyles are as different as night and day are, so Felix's ideas about housekeeping soon begin to irritate Oscar.

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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • isolation
  • identity
  • grief
  • healing
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour8
Realism7
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Gene Saks
Written by
Neil Simon
Starring
Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, John Fiedler, Herb Edelman, David Sheiner, Monica Evans, Carole Shelley, Iris Adrian
Music
Neal Hefti
Cinematography
Robert B. Hauser
Runtime
106 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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