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Submit Your ReviewIn Elaine May's second directorial outing, Charles Grodin stars as Lenny, a slick salesman who, while honeymooning with his new bride, Lila (Jeannie Berlin, May's daughter), begins to have second thoughts about his marriage. Once Lenny spots the gorgeous Kelly (Cybill Shepherd), he is lost forever. ...more
MPAA Rating: PG | Year: 1972 | Running Time: 104 minutes
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To call The Heartbreak Kid a companion piece to The Graduate (directed by Elaine May's once and future partner Mike Nichols) is to do it a disservice. A great movie in its own right, it more than holds its own against its better-known predecessor. Still, it would take quite a bit of effort to overlook the similarities. Like The Graduate, its subject is early-life disappointment and its comedy takes the form of pregnant pauses, awkward silences, and general discomfort (all touches more in the ...more
- Charles Grodin - Lenny
- Cybill Shepherd - Kelly
- Jeannie Berlin - Lila
- Eddie Albert - Mr. Corcoran
- Audra Lindley - Mrs. Corcoran
- Tim Browne - Kelly's Boyfriend
- Jean Scoppa - Flower Girl
- Augusta Dabney - Colorado Woman
- Doris Roberts - Mrs. Cantrow
- Marilyn Putnam - Mrs. Kolodny
- Eric Lee Preminger - Pecan-Pie Waiter
- Jack Hausman - Mr. Kolodny
- Paul Thomas
- Heather Wayne
- Elaine May - Director
- Edgar J. Scherick - Producer
- Michael Hausman - Producer
- Neil Simon - Screenwriter
- Richard Sylbert - Art Director
- Anthea Sylbert - Costume Designer
- Peter R. Scoppa - First Assistant Director
- John Carter - Editor
- Garry Sherman - Composer (Music Score)
- Cy Coleman - Songwriter
- Sheldon Harnick - Songwriter
- Larry Fallon - Songwriter
- Irving Buchman - Makeup
- Owen Roizman - Cinematographer
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