It Happened to Jane
1959
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Here is a sly, sympathetic examination of divorce in the subculture of upper-middle class suburbanites -- why it is funny and why, in the end, it is not funny at all. Bud Yorkin has directed with wit and style, and the cast, which seems unlikely on paper, comes across splendidly on the screen.
Rated 2/5 Stars • Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member While firmly imbedded in 60 style and culture, the film nevertheless humorously touches on many of the difficult...
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- Dick Van Dyke
- Bud Yorkin
- Comedy
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Critic-50 21 August 1999. Divorce-American Style, a surprisingly intelligent effort from writers Kaufman and Lear and TV power-house director Bud Yorkin, was first in series of witty, satirical releases that included "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice" and "Lovers and Other Strangers".
DIVORCE American STYLE was an offbeat and surprisingly adult (for 1967) that starred Dick Van Dyke and Debbie Reynolds as Richard and Barbara Harmon, a wealthy California couple who divorce after 17 years of marriage and the adjustments both try to make being single once more.
- (1.8K)
- Comedy
- Bud Yorkin
- 1967-06-21
Critical response. In his review in the Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert called the film "a member of that rare species, the Hollywood comedy with teeth in it" and added, "Bud Yorkin has directed with wit and style, and the cast, which seems unlikely on paper, comes across splendidly on the screen . . .
- $12,000,000
- Dave Grusin
- Norman Lear
Sep 10, 2012 · Despite the trappings of hard-boiled satire - a couple breaking up in a welter of money-grubbing ill-temper, children facing up to broken homes, other divorcees hovering in hopes of snaring a...
Director. Bud Yorkin. Synopsis. Dick Van Dyke and Debbie Reynolds star as a suburban couple who learn that not even divorce can solve all their problems. Recommendations. Operation Delilah....
