Thursday, March 14, 2013

The Odd Couple II (1998)

Laurel and Hardy were not the only male duo
 to share a bed on the screen
Wanna have a laugh? Do yourself a favour, get this video legally or otherwise and have a great escape for an hour and a half. OK, I'm biased as I carry a big bag full of happy memories of these two guys, Lemmon and Matthau doing their stuff on their own or as screen partners. But I cannot see how anyone could fail to have a good time with this road caper. In one scene whilst they're  in the dessert I totally lost it and nearly fell off my chair laughing. My wife was just coming home in that moment and didn't know what was going on. "A man alone at home and laughing? That's sad" She probably thought. Watch the movie to find out which scene.
Anyway, Matthau was certainly a great comic here and Lemmon was his perfect foil. Their son and daughter respectively here could easily have been their grands, but who cares. All the one liners and characterizations were just perfect. Loved it probably more than the first one. Could watch it again.

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