Director: Gene Saks
Year Released: 1967
Rating: 1.0
Newlyweds Robert Redford (an attorney) and Hanoi Jane Fonda (a wild child) move into a cramped N.Y. apartment (on the fifth floor) and experience those beginning marital difficulties (which you'd think they'd have been aware of earlier) wherein she accuses him of being a fuddy-duddy and he just wants to get some work done. Neil Simon, to me, has always been the Henny Youngman of theater - corny and tiring - and this, with its lame gags (wow, those steps are high; wow, there's a broken pane of glass that snow can fall through) and non-existent plot, is basically a chore - thank heavens the spirited Charles Boyer shows up (as a parallel to Fonda's character) to make things at least a little fun. Eventually the couple come to a sort-of mutual understanding, with Redford getting drunk, taking his shoes off (!!) and dumping trash on his face while Fonda comes to the realization you can't just want a divorce over trivial matters. Say yes to domestic bliss!
