
An autobiographical look at the break-up of Screenwriter Nora Ephron's marriage to Carl "All the President's Men" Bernstein that was also a best-selling novel. The Ephron character, Rachel Samstat (Meryl Streep), is a food writer at a New York City magazine who meets Washington, D.C. columnist Mark Forman (Jack Nicholson) at a wedding and ends up falling in love with him despite her reservations about marriage. They buy a house, have a daughter, and Rachel thinks they are liv... (Full plot summary below)
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An autobiographical look at the break-up of Screenwriter Nora Ephron's marriage to Carl "All the President's Men" Bernstein that was also a best-selling novel. The Ephron character, Rachel Samstat (Meryl Streep), is a food writer at a New York City magazine who meets Washington, D.C. columnist Mark Forman (Jack Nicholson) at a wedding and ends up falling in love with him despite her reservations about marriage. They buy a house, have a daughter, and Rachel thinks they are living happily ever after until she discovers that Mark is having an affair while she is waddling around with a second pregnancy.
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| Common Sense MediaBrian Costello'80s comedy-drama has mature themes, profanity. |
| Washington PostPaul AttanasioHeartburn is a masterpiece, a collaboration of mature artists at the peak of their craft, and something of a summing up for Mike Nichols, who, more successfully than any other American director, has staked out the terrain where men and women meet as his own. Here it is -- a movie that is seriously funny. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyDecently (but no more) acted by Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson, this marriage on the rocks melodrama, based on Nora Ephron's memoir, is ultimately shallow and verbose. |
| MovieholeClint MorrisGrabs you by the heart and doesn't let go |
| Filmcritic.comChristopher Nullit's hard to root for their reconciliation |
| The New York TimesWalter GoodmanUnhappily, the movie begins to show signs of wear even before the marriage does. |
| Miami HeraldBill CosfordYou can fret at Heartburn's flimsiness, may even find it insufferably smug in its portrait of our set, but you probably won't be bored by it. And it is peopled with adults, these days enough to make you whimper in gratitude. If only these talents were in the service of something. |
| Chicago TribuneGene SiskelEphron delivered an incredibly flimsy script based on her novel about her former husband's repeated infidelity during their marriage and her pregnancies. Nicholson isn't given a character to play. He just lumbers onto the screen and cheats off-camera. |
| User ReviewChyna Doll BI ADORE this movie!!!!!!!!!!!!! So good... |
| User ReviewMrs. SaavyThis movie came out when I was a small child and I used to watch it with my mom! I now own it on DVD and I still love it!!! |