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The Heartbreak Kid (1972)

PG  |   |  Comedy, Drama, Romance  |  1 February 1973 (Argentina)
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Three days into his Miami honeymoon, New York Jewish Lenny meets tall, blonde Kelly. This confirms him in his opinion that he has made a serious mistake and he decides he wants Kelly ... See full summary »

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Mrs. Corcoran
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Mr. Corcoran
Mitchell Jason ...
Cousin Ralph
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Colorado Man
Augusta Dabney ...
Colorado Woman
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Mrs. Cantrow
Marilyn Putnam ...
Mrs. Kolodny
Jack Hausman ...
Mr. Kolodny
Erik Lee Preminger ...
Pecan Pie Waiter
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Entertainer
Tim Browne ...
Kelly's Boyfriend
Jean Scoppa ...
Flower Girl
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Three days into his Miami honeymoon, New York Jewish Lenny meets tall, blonde Kelly. This confirms him in his opinion that he has made a serious mistake and he decides he wants Kelly instead. Her rich father is less than keen and lets everyone - including Lenny - know that he hates everything about him and the way he is going on. Written by Jeremy Perkins <jwp@aber.ac.uk>

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The film is rare in the Neil Simon canon in that it is not based on one of his plays nor is it from an original screenplay by him but being an adaptation of another writer's work. See more »

Goofs

At the Corcoran's dinner table, the camera zooms in on Kelly eating solid food off a fork. A split second later while 'Leonard' is in mid-sentence, she and the others are shown eating soup with spoons. See more »

Quotes

Mr. Corcoran: You don't know what determination is. I eat determination for breakfast.
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Connections

Referenced in The Bob Newhart Show: The Heartbreak Kidd (1977) See more »

Soundtracks

I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke
Written by Bill Backer (uncredited), Billy Davis (uncredited), Roger Cook (uncredited) and Roger Greenaway (uncredited)
Copyright 1971 The Coca Cola Company
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Pretty Good Comedy
27 January 2004 | by (Bay Area, California) – See all my reviews

I saw this on Cable a few years back and thought it was one of the funniest older movies I have ever seen. Charles Grodin is simply hilarious as Lenny. Lenny's wife also is played well by Jeanie Berlin. Cybil Shepherd does a fine job in one of her first roles. Eddie Albert even shows up and is hilarious as the father of Cybil Shepherd. I highly recomend this one. Favorite Scene: Grodin talking to the big football player outside the college classes. that is one of the funniest scenes in movie history. Check it out.


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