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 Barnes & Noble Bearing little resemblance to the TV sitcom that later diluted its memory, this small gem of a film represents the tasty darker side of playwright Neil Simons often melodramatic work. The setup is almost mythic by now: Felix Ungar (Jack Lemmon), dumped by his wife and borderline suicidal, is taken in by the warmhearted but slovenly sportswriter Oscar Madison (Walter Matthau), and neuroses of the highest order ensue. Lemmon, American cinema’s first obsessive-compulsive antihero, serves as the perfect straight man to Matthau’s wisecracking guy’s guy, a vaguely domesticated, willfully devolved caveman. The dichotomy yields rampant domestic conflict and, better still, some deliciously delivered Matthau murder threats. Even amid regrets over his mistreatment of his roomie, Matthau fears Felix’s ghost returning to the apartment, "haunting and cleaning, haunting and cleaning." Nimble performances abound, including those of the four poker buddies, who click so well on screen you almost wish Simon had written them bigger roles. Still, it is Matthau and Lemmon who made cinema history here, forging a partnership that made this and all their subsequent movies -- from The Front Page to the Grumpy Old Men series -- must-sees. Matthew Grimm Interested in the song lyrics? - Check out themostlyrics.com! Looking For A DVD? - Check out dvd-a-rama.com! |
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