Three days into his Miami honeymoon with needy and unsophisticated Lila, Lenny meets tall, blonde Kelly. This confirms his fear that he has made a serious mistake and he decides he wants to be with Kelly instead.
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 6 nominations.
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Elaine May's deft direction catches all the possibilities of young romance and its tribulations in light strokes and cleverly accents characterization of the various principals.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
3 Feb 2009
fresh:
Elaine May's The Heartbreak Kid was directed with a sure feeling for how comedy can edge over into satire and then tragedy.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Oct 2004
fresh:
A first-class American comedy, as startling in its way as was The Graduate.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
Wittily directed by May, and neatly scripted by Neil Simon.