“A merciless dissection of masculine anxiety and fantasy.”
—Film Comment

“A near-peerless comedy of humiliation and dissimulation.”
—The Village Voice

Elaine May adapts Neil Simon’s play about a newlywed husband who has some regrets and, in the process, practically invents cringe comedy. With Charles Grodin giving a performance of such surgical precision that it has set the template for low-key comic acting ever since. Cybill Shepherd plays the object of his idealized affection, Eddie Albert is her no-nonsense father, and Elaine May’s daughter, Jeannie Berlin, is hilarious as Grodin’s bride.