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The Odd Couple is a 1968 American comedy film directed by Gene Saks, produced by Howard W. Koch and written by Neil Simon, based on his 1965 play. It stars Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau as two divorced men – neurotic neat-freak Felix Unger and fun-loving slob Oscar Madison – who decide to live together.
The Odd Couple: Directed by Gene Saks. With Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, John Fiedler, Herb Edelman. A New Yorker newly separated from his wife moves in with his best friend, a divorced sportswriter, but their ideas of housekeeping and lifestyles are as different as night and day.
Neil Simon has a special genius for finding the great hilarity in ordinary people doing everyday things. Like two divorced men who decide to share a New York apartment. That's the premise of The...
When fussy Felix (Jack Lemmon) becomes suicidal over his impending divorce, he accepts an offer to move in with his best friend, messy Oscar (Walter Matthau).
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A New Yorker newly separated from his wife moves in with his best friend, a divorced sportswriter, but their ideas of housekeeping and lifestyles are as different as night and day. Felix's (Jack Lemmon) wife has left him and he is contemplating suicide.
This isn't to say "The Odd Couple" is unsuccessful as a movie. It promises to be one of the best comedies of the summer. But the credit should go to Simon for writing the play, and to Nichols for his original direction; the material has not been whipped into cinematic shape.
The Odd Couple. Oscar Madison (Walter Matthau), a divorced, sloppy sportswriter, invites Felix Ungar (Jack Lemmon), a newly separated, fastidious photographer, to share his apartment. 2,465 IMDb 7.6 1 h 45 min 1968. X-Ray PG.
