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starring: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Richard Riehle, Jonathan Silverman, Lisa Waltzdirected by: Howard Deutch
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786305099086
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC
ISBN: 6305099081
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Release Date: July 06, 1999
Running Time: 97 minutes
Sales Rank: 11418
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: April 10, 1998
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Amazon.com:
Mike Nichols directed the 1965 stage production of Neil Simon's The Odd Couple, but while Nichols went on to become a vitally intelligent director of contemporary comedy, Simon's career thrived in the 1970s and '80s before dwindling towards sentimental fluff like this amusing but mildly disappointing sequel. Closer to Grumpy Old Men than the wry wit of Simon's original play and 1968 screen adaptation, the movie finds former roommates Oscar (Walter Matthau) and Felix (Jack Lemmon) reluctantly reuniting for the wedding of Oscar's son to Felix's daughter. When they get sidetracked in California, the road-movie formula unleashes the comedic chemistry of Lemmon and Matthau (which alone makes the movie worthwhile), but it's too casual to match the original's depth or dramatic foundation. Simon and Grumpy director Howard Deutch could have deepened the Oscar-Felix relationship to make it funnier and more emotionally involving, but instead they've played it safe with some good laughs in the kind of sketch comedy that Nichols would avoid. Simon's capable of much better than this, but Lemmon-Matthau fans will have a good time anyway. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - The Two Great Geezers
These two are one of the greatest! A truelly funny film that delivers plenty of laughs! A awesome movie! A great buy!
Rating: - Neil Simon + Lemmon + Matthau = Killer Comedy!
Neil Simon is a brilliant screenwriter, and Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon are the perfect team to bring it to life. In "The Odd Couple II" Oscar and Felix are reunited for a wedding after 17 years of silence. Unfortunately for them, everything goes wrong during their trip. While trying to get to their kids' wedding, they get arrested three times, attempt to hit on two younger women, and take a ride from an old man who dies a short way into the trip!
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Rating: - amazing
One of the most hilarious movies I have seen to bad that there both dead but I`m sure they will always be remembered.
Rating: - The Perfect Couple
30 years after the original 2 of the greatest comedy duo's re-unite once again for another sequel. I haven't reviewed the 1st Odd Couple but I give that 5 stars also. The reason i'm reviewing this one is because it's a sequel, and normally sequels aren't very good but in this case I enjoyed it just as much as the first. Neil Simon did a great job with this script and again Lemmon & Matthau had lightning in a bottle and are brilliant in every movie they had made together. I found watching this ... Read More
Rating: - Silly old men.
I love the first one and I love this one just as much. If you have never seen this movie and you love to laugh, buy this and you will.
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