AT HOME: The Heartbreak Kid (1972) directed by Elaine May @ Abe's Place

A gathering at my apartment. Attendance is limited.

WHO CAN ATTEND: People who have previously attended one of our watch parties, meaning I know and have met you.

WHERE: I live near Town Center, Virginia Beach. RSVP and I'll send the address.

Movie info (it's a comedy, going into this one blind):

RUNTIME: 106 minutes

RATED: PG

SYNOPSIS: Soon after Lenny (Charles Grodin) marries Lila (Jeannie Berlin), the needy and unrefined side of her personality begins to emerge, and he becomes increasingly uncertain about his decision to marry her. During their honeymoon in Miami, Lenny meets beautiful and sophisticated Kelly (Cybill Shepherd). Every chance he gets, Lenny sneaks away from Lila to be with Kelly, and the more he gets to know her, the more he falls in love. Problems arise when the two women learn about each another.

BLURBS:
"Nothing is as rare in American movies now as comedy with a director’s style and personality. Elaine May finds her comic tone in The Heartbreak Kid." - Pauline Kael, The New Yorker

"Elaine May directed, further proving her gift for acerbic comedy. There isn't much the film misses ; on a trail of mockery that covers middle class marriage, sex, Miami Beach and go-getterism. It manages to be funny along the way." - Mimi Avins, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"Considered as a whole piece of work, The Heartbreak Kid succeeds as well as any film ever made in displaying the tragicomic implications of being human." - Susan Stark, Detroit Free Press