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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Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau are national treasures. Without those two, this would certainly be a lesser movie. That does not detract from the solid scrip by Neil Simon, the wonderful direction by Gene Saks, or the magnificent music by Neal Hefti.
Essentially a filmed Simon play (Simon was probably the number one playwright of the 60s and 70s), Saks does a wonderful job of blocking and camera set-up to make it more funny and fluid. And I woke up humming the music this morning.
While not overall outstanding, the parts make up a wonderful whole.
Still and always lovely. Lemmon and Matthau made the world a better place, at least that's what they did with mine. Funny how you can miss people you've never known.
"I told you 158 times I can't stand little notes on my pillow. 'We're all out of cornflakes. F.U.' Took me three hours to figure out F.U. was Felix Ungar."
(not really a) hot take, but the theme song absolutely slaps
The majority of this is comedically genius. As usual, Lemmon and Matthau have perfect sensibility in line delivery, physical acting and a general humorous chemistry that is extremely rare. With this, their talents are also paired with a script that is truly hilarious. The blocking and camera movements take it all one step further. Gets a little clunky at the end, but ultimately sticks the ending. Loss, change, and friendship tie it all together
This movie is funny. The dynamic between the two is brilliant and the movie knows what it is and doesn't try to do more than it's supposed to. It's short and simplistic with great writing and a steady pace which entrances you with the characters. A film that may not have created it but definitely establishes the "odd couple dynamic" that inspires comedy for the future of film.
It gives you the jokes you need and it doesn't try to force in a complicated love story or a heist or a crazy adventure. It doesn't need a gimmick to make it good. It simply is, and I can watch them all day, bickering about a ladle or meatloaf or whatever other mundane thing they can go crazy about.
Entertaining and hilarious, comedy classic The Odd Couple stars Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau in two perfectly-cast roles. It’s much funnier and far more clever than the vast majority of comedies made today, and truly is a delight to watch.
The film thrives on the outstanding chemistry between its two leads. Lemmon and Matthau are excellent alone - Lemmon plays the uptight, overly obsessive Felix perfectly, and Matthau quite literally embodies everything about the messy, generally apathetic Oscar - but they really shine as a duo. They play off each other effortlessly and enthusiastically, and it is entirely believable that they are both great friends and cannot stand each other. Without these two working together in the leading roles, I…
la cena con las hermanas inglesas el peak del humor, por cierto adoro a Jack Lemmon!!!
[written on wall with food] “Kep out”
Oscar Madison: I know him. He's too nervous to kill himself. Wears his seat belt in a drive-in movie.
[after hearing Felix swallowed entire pill bottle]Murray: What difference does it make? He took a whole bottle!
Oscar Madison: Well, maybe they were vitamins! He could be the healthiest one in the room!
These are really hard times we’re all going through right now. It literally gets worse everyday. My mood has been pretty bleak lately. I work for an essential business and it’s a requirement to still go in everyday. There is now over ten reported cases of Coronavirus where I’m working and they’re (UPS) doing absolutely nothing about it.
That being said,…
Jack Lemmon is one of my favorite people to ever exist. This man is a comedic genius. So is Walter Matthau, he is fantastical, but the real star is Lemmon. The only real big flaw with the film is that it does feel too much like a filmed play.
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