The Heartbreak Kid

1972

Comedy / Drama / Romance

6
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 73% · 63 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 73% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.0/10 10 6423 6.4K

miami, florida honeymoon marriage newlywed protective father woman director

Plot summary

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.

Director

Elaine May Photo
Elaine May

Top cast

Audra Lindley Photo
Audra Lindley as Mrs. Corcoran
Art Metrano Photo
Art Metrano as Entertainer
Charles Grodin Photo
Charles Grodin as Lenny Cantrow
Cybill Shepherd Photo
Cybill Shepherd as Kelly Corcoran
720p.BluRay
969.04 MB
1280*712
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 45 min
Seeds 16

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by dougdoepke

Humor and Pathos at the Same Time

The movie's a comedy, I think, though it produces as many cringes as laughs. It's hard not to laugh at poor Lila (Berlin) as she flubs her honeymoon with sunburn crème blotches, oozing egg sandwiches, and ill-timed bathroom breaks. But then she's so emotionally needy, it's hard not to laugh and cry at the same time. On the other hand, husband Lenny's (Grodin) got all the empathy of a ham sandwich, as he chases after blonde goddess Kelly (Shepherd), piling one absence excuse on Lila after another. This is the honeymoon from heck, especially after the goddess-struck Lenny sues for divorce. But then he does grant Lila "the luggage".The humor's in the character set-ups, and Lenny's special brand of chutzpah. A little fast- talking, he thinks, gets him out of any situation. That is, until he runs into Kelly's humorless dad (Albert). Seems like the proverbial irresistible force has run into the immovable object. But has it. Grodin's appropriately obnoxious when Lenny needs to be; Berlin's vulnerable when Lila needs to be; Shepherd's gorgeous without trying; while Albert's stony mug belongs on Mt. Rushmore. And catch that contemplative ending, not what I expected, but probably appropriate for what's gone before.All in all, the movie's something of a guilty pleasure and certainly one of a kind. I do, however, miss Grodin's smirking brand of put-on.
Reviewed by emmaeus 7 / 10

Jeannie Berlin is the standout

Jeannie Berlin (as Grodin's wife Lila) has been sadly undermentioned in all of the comments. What a wonderful performance. She is so "out there"--watch her eat an egg-salad sandwich and then try to picture one of today's actresses willing to look so natural and vulnerable. (Well, maybe Cameron Diaz with her "hair gel" in "There's Something About Mary.") But Berlin's performance is so believable. I wish she had done more over the years.And please note the beauty of Cybill Shepherd's figure in the surf scenes. How refreshing to see something other than one of today's stick figures as the objection of desire. She is healthy, lush, and gorgeous.
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