1968 · comedy
The Odd Couple (1968)
Directed by Gene Saks1h 46m1968
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.
Our read: The Odd Couple (1968) (1968) reads as a warm, steady, grounded comedy entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, steady, gentle comedy, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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