Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuDick Van Dyke and Debbie Reynolds star as a suburban couple who learn that not even divorce can solve all their problems.Dick Van Dyke and Debbie Reynolds star as a suburban couple who learn that not even divorce can solve all their problems.Dick Van Dyke and Debbie Reynolds star as a suburban couple who learn that not even divorce can solve all their problems.
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- Für 1 Oscar nominiert
- 3 Nominierungen insgesamt
- Mark Harmon
- (as Tim Matthieson)
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I never even knew this movie existed until it popped up on TCM. It seems to be a forgotten movie which is too bad because its lots of fun. The script is excellent--most of it is a comedy but they also bring up interesting and serious insights into love, sex and relationships. The entire cast is great throwing off one-liners left and right. Also this is a fascinating social documents of the late 1960s to see how couples lived, the things they talked about, the fashions they wore and the houses they had. Sure it's dated but I was never bored. Also it's fun to see 20 year old Tim Matheson in his first film (playing a teenager!). Worth catching.
The weekly shuffle of dual-custody children between households yields some kinetic chaos that could be ripe for comedy, but its basis in reality only reminds the viewer of the real costs to all concerned.
The economics of divorce are a harsh truth detailed in the film. One divorced couple strategizes about matchmaking between divorced men and women to alleviate the economic tolls of divorce settlements, but that portion of the story becomes less funny when real emotions muddle the plan. Watch for exes played by Jason Robards and Jean Simmons, who become objects of empathy.
How does it end? With love or enmity, depending upon how you look at it.
This is a black comedy with a bitterness that may be too bitter for some viewers. The movie is tainted by a depressing feel which suppresses it comedic side. Nevertheless, there is some dark fun to be had and Norman Lear has sharpened his pencil to deliver a few deadly swipes at the modern marriage and the divorce legal system. I didn't actually laugh much but the subject jabs are still appreciated.
Dick VanDyke is the husband. He does a surprising good job in the part. Debbie Reynolds is the wife. She too, is good. The film's producers went right to the cream of the crop in terms of secondary casting with Jason Robards Jr., Jean Simmons and Van Johnson all chipping in.
Finally, Divorce, American Style makes me want to throw in my opinion concerning marriage. I will spare anyone who happens to read this review the pain of that. I will say that the urge to give that opinion might actually say something positive about the movie. Or, maybe it says something negative. Once again, I don't know which.
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- WissenswertesThe judge presiding over divorce proceedings in the film is played by John J. Anthony, a real-life marriage guidance counselor. This was his only acting role in a film.
- PatzerWhen Barbara is curling her hair and Richard is cutting his toenails, the viewer sees Barbara from behind and her reflection in the mirror. There are clearly two rollers pinned to the top of her head. Richard cuts a toenail that lands on Barbara's vanity table. She is shot from the front and she flicks the toenail off the table with no rollers on her head. In the next shot from behind again, the rollers magically reappear.
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David Grieff: Well, now to the property settlement. I've prepared a list here of major items of community property with some suggestions as to how they may be distributed amongst the parties.
Richard Harmon: [looking at the list] Seems to be fair. Split right down the middle. The house to Barbara; the mortgage payments to me. The furnishings, colour TV and piano to Barbara; the monthly payments to me. The insurance benefits to Barbara; the premiums to me. The uranium in our uranium mine to Barbara...
David Grieff: Uranium mine?
Richard Harmon: And the shaft to me!
- Crazy CreditsSPOILER: Opening credits (and the musical score) begin when a conductor--having just walked across a field and set up a music stand--raises his baton, gives a downbeat and "cues" the sounds of husbands and wives arguing from the houses in the neighborhood below. At the end of the picture, the conductor again appears in the field above the neighborhood and begins conducting the final musical score through the closing credits--and drowning out the sound of arguing.
- VerbindungenFeatured in Film Review: Film Review (1967)
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- Bruttoertrag in den USA und Kanada
- 12.000.000 $
- Laufzeit1 Stunde 49 Minuten
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