Still a strange couple
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| German title | Still a strange couple |
| Original title | The Odd Couple II |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1998 |
| length | 97 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
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| Director | Howard Deutch |
| script | Neil Simon |
| production | Howard W. Koch |
| music | Alan Silvestri |
| camera | Jamie Anderson |
| cut | Seth fluff |
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Still a Strange Couple (Original title: The Odd Couple II) is an American comedy film directed by Howard Deutch from 1998 . It is the last of eleven joint films by Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau, the sequel to A Strange Couple (1968).
action
Oscar Madison and Felix Ungar haven't seen each other for 17 years. Now her two children Brucey Madison and Hannah Ungar are getting married. So Oscar travel from his retirement home in Florida and Felix from Manhattan . They meet at Los Angeles Airport to travel to San Malino, where the celebration is to take place, together in a rental car. At the airport, Felix already sprained his ankle - the beginning of a long series of mishaps and mishaps.
When the two are arguing on a parking lane, their car rolls down the slope and they try their luck as a hitchhiker. A truck loaded with vegetables takes them away. During a check, however, it turns out that there are illegal Mexican immigrants in the truck; Felix and Oscar end up in jail. They will be released the next day; but the elderly gentleman who takes her with him in his Rolls-Royce blesses the time during the journey. After meeting the rock bride Holly and her friend Thelma, they have their third encounter with the police.
Eventually they reach their destination, their children's wedding. Felix believes that he has discovered his wife of life in Felice, who is also present there - but the attempt to live together fails because of her tendency towards disorder. Instead, Felix surprises Oscar in his Florida apartment and tells him that he will also be moving to Florida. He asks Oscar to be allowed to move in with him until he has found his own apartment. In memory of their first life together, Oscar reluctantly agrees.
criticism
“A film that follows on from the success of the comedy A Strange Couple (1967), which focuses on the charm of the constellation of characters and brings them to the present time with some fashionable ingredients. Thanks to the two main actors Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau in the best mood and a largely clever script, despite not always very successful gags, a rock-solid cinema entertainment. "
“The classic male friendship comedy was staged by Howard Deutch, who obviously gave his two stars the freedom to let their long-time tried talents run free. Many of the gags are of the well-known kind, with the two launching a number of hearty swear words in contrast to the old-fashioned. The last quarter of the retiree road movie is indulged in obligatory sentimentality, which is intended to emphasize the values of love and friendship. Fans of the veteran team Matthau / Lemmon will surely be impressed by the reunion with the quarrelsome friends. "
The German Film and Media Assessment FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the rating "valuable".
Web links
- The Odd Couple II in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Odd Couple II at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Still an odd couple in the online movie database
- Still a strange couple in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ Still a strange couple. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Still a strange couple on kino.de
- ↑ Still a strange couple on fbw-filmbassy.com