Rent Barefoot in the Park (1967)
3.5 of 5 from 100 ratings
1h 42min
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- Synopsis:
- Robert Redford is Mister Straight. Jane Fonda is his new wife, who dedicates her life to the pursuit of fun. As the ecstasy of the honeymoon gives way to the reality of setting up housekeeping in a five-flight walk-up, the harmony of marriage turns to comical discord. The mother-in-law complains meekly. The middle-aged Lothario upstairs flirts. Joy turns to anguish. There is little doubt that the young people will kiss and make up by the end of the picture, just as there's little doubt that the mother and the neighbour will find each other.
- Actors:
- Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Charles Boyer, Mildred Natwick, Herb Edelman, Mabel Albertson, Fritz Feld, James Stone, Ted Hartley, Billie Bird, Paul E. Burns, John Indrisano, Doris Roberts
- Directors:
- Gene Saks
- Producers:
- Hal B. Wallis
- Writers:
- Neil Simon
- Aka:
- Descalzos en el parque
- Studio:
- Paramount
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Romance
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Reviews (2) of Barefoot in the Park
Far from Henry James. - Barefoot in the Park review by CH
Neil Simon is always diverting. If this one errs on the sentimental side, there is sufficent banter between the newly-weds to carry it along as they contend with a small walk-up apartment which would command a small fortune in contemporary Manhattan. In effect, it is made by Mildred Natwick as Jane Fonda's mother while ever-suave Charles Boyer is an impoverished neighbour who has not lost his sense of style. It all makes one hanker to jpin them in that bottle of ouzo. This is not Washington Square as Henry James knew it.
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NY Comedy - Barefoot in the Park review by Steve
Nothing dates faster than a story about young people. And in the '60s, Hollywood was still getting started on the idea of a generation stuck somewhere between childhood and maturity. It's the old fashioned attitudes, particularly towards gender roles, which is the problem with this version of Neil Simon's hit Broadway comedy.
Jane Fonda and Robert Redford are young professional newlyweds who move into a ramshackle, fifth storey apartment in Greenwich Village. Imagine the rent! This is about their period of adjustment- to married life, the bride's straight-arrow mother (Oscar nominated Mildred Natwick) and their Bohemian neighbour (Charles Boyer).
The two stars were in their 30s and a little old for the roles. But it's still fun to see them just before they were massive. Fonda plays the sexy kook as she often did back then. Redford is maybe more beautiful but concedes the spotlight. Their main conflict is due to the husband being too buttoned up and the wife more spontaneous.
The script deals in shouty backchat more than hilarity. Yet it scores as a Technicolor time capsule of '60s Manhattan, much like Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961). They even got Johnny Mercer to co-write the theme song. It's not as memorable but the period lifestyle of post-grad New Yorkers- plus the stars- makes it still worth a visit.
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