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Synopsis. Following the collapse of his marriage, TV newswriter Felix Ungar decides to commit suicide in a cheap hotel room near Times Square. He fails at even this, however, and dejectedly makes his way to the weekly poker game being held at the Riverside Drive apartment of his best friend, Oscar Madison, a divorced sportswriter. Felix accepts ...
Summaries. 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.
180M subscribers. Subscribed. 737. 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...
Reviews. The Odd Couple. Roger Ebert June 17, 1968. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. Two of the most unlucky words associated with the movies are "screen version." We get the screen version of every best seller, Broadway musical, famous battle and criminal career in sight.
Oscar Madison (Walter Matthau), a divorced, sloppy sportswriter, invites Felix Ungar (Jack Lemmon), a newly separated, fastidious photographer, to share his apartment. 2,448 IMDb 7.6 1 h 45 min 1968. X-Ray PG. Comedy · Drama · Joyous · Fun. Available to rent or buy.
Overview. 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. Gene Saks. Director. Neil Simon. Screenplay. Reviews 1.
