
Felix's (Jack Lemmon) wife has left him and he is contemplating suicide. His friends sense his depression and one of them, Oscar (Walter Matthau), volunteers to take him in until he is fine again. The two of them are like chalk and cheese - Oscar is fun-loving, gregarious and slovenly, Felix is a shy, stay-at-home, obsessive-compulsive neat-freak. Being around Oscar brightens Felix up, but he quickly starts to irritate Oscar.... (Full plot summary below)
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Felix's (Jack Lemmon) wife has left him and he is contemplating suicide. His friends sense his depression and one of them, Oscar (Walter Matthau), volunteers to take him in until he is fine again. The two of them are like chalk and cheese - Oscar is fun-loving, gregarious and slovenly, Felix is a shy, stay-at-home, obsessive-compulsive neat-freak. Being around Oscar brightens Felix up, but he quickly starts to irritate Oscar.
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| Chicago ReaderDave KehrFor all its overfamiliarity, this is a good play, easily Simon's best, and Matthau and Lemmon inhabit it with grace and style. |
| Movie GurusJames O'EhleyTwo grown men sharing an apartment . . . and not so much as a mention of the word 'homosexual'? This could only be 1968 . . . |
| The TelegraphMartin ChiltonWhat makes the film so charming is the comic interplay between Matthau and Lemmon. |
| Family Home TheaterJames PlathSimon's The Odd Couple is proof that smart writing and adult themes can still make for a fun evening at your family home theater, if your children are older than 10. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzThe film still remains fresh, as amazingly the many one-liners and the wacky situation still work. |
| FulvueDrive-in.comChuck O'LearyIt's just one hilarious situation after another in this classic comedy about two polar opposites (one compulsively neat, the other a slob) forced to live together. |
| The DissolveTasha RobinsonRevisiting Saks’ screen version nearly 50 years later is like a class in how comedy and storytelling evolve, and how some aspects of a story endure over time, while others get sloughed away. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertA funny screen version of a very funny (if not very significant) Broadway comedy. It does well as an evening's entertainment. |
| Common Sense MediaRenee SchonfeldClassic buddy comedy finds hilarity in its mature themes. |
| Filmcritic.comBill GibronWhen critics discuss chemistry, that onscreen magic that occurs between perfectly paired actors, the electricity exemplified by Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon is a textbook illustration of same. |