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Divorce American Style (1967)

 -  Comedy  -  21 June 1967 (USA)
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After 17 years, things have got too predictable and stale. They argue, they visit a marriage counselor, Richard (drunk) visits a prostitute. They split up. After meeting other people, they ... See full summary »

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Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 1 nomination. See more awards »

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Richard Harmon
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Barbara Harmon
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Nelson Downes
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Nancy Downes
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Al Yearling
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Lionel Blandsforth
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David Grieff
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Dr. Zenwinn
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Dede Murphy
Pat Collins ...
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Farley
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Fern Blandsforth
Richard Gautier ...
Larry Strickland (as Dick Gautier)
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Mark Harmon (as Tim Matthieson)
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Jonathan Harmon
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After 17 years, things have got too predictable and stale. They argue, they visit a marriage counselor, Richard (drunk) visits a prostitute. They split up. After meeting other people, they are re-united at a night club where they realize that their marriage was better than their divorce. Written by Derek Picken <dpicken@email.msn.com>

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This Love Story Has Three Sides... His Side... Her Side... And the Inside!

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21 June 1967 (USA)  »

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Divorce à l'américaine  »

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Debbie Reynolds, Shelley Morrison, and Eileen Brennan would all go on to have significant roles in Will & Grace. See more »

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When the lady hypnotist turns toward the audience in the nightclub, a puff of cigarette smoke goes in reverse. See more »

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Nelson Downes: I can imagine how anxious you must be to find the right woman. Your present wife a blonde maybe?
Richard Harmon: Ya, ya.
Nelson Downes: Well sir, a nice cool brunette would be just what the doctor ordered.
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"Let's Fall in Love"
Music by Harold Arlen
Lyrics by Ted Koehler
Sung partially by Pat Collins
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"Divorce is an extremely sad and, uh, unpleasant business."
13 September 2009 | by (New York City) – See all my reviews

I'm amazed I made it past the first half hour of this, beyond the scene where Lee Grant plays a hooker as if she was Joe Flynn's temperamental, demanding fiancée.

The plot is preposterous—an abrupt divorce, contrived for no real reason, railroaded by opportunistic acquaintances and lawyers. What's even more contrived is the legal system, as pointed out in the IMDb review by "trudyr". This movie is one of those where the theme (divorce) suddenly redefines the entire world. Everybody's divorced-- oh, and by the way, the kids are just fine with it. In one scene, a mishmash of men and women—1st husbands, 2nd husbands, ex wives, current wives, and all the combined children— leave a group picnic. It attempts Keystone Cops-style mayhem, and if that isn't funny enough (it isn't), wait for the punch line: they leave one kid behind because nobody is sure who's responsible for it.

The sad thing is that the four principals—Van Dyke, Reynolds, Robards, and Simmons—all do fine work. It's the only thing that raises this movie about the level of total disaster


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