Modern Romance

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Modern Romance

R

1981

1h 33m

Comedy

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A film editor (Albert Brooks) breaks up and makes up with his girlfriend (Kathryn Harrold), unsure if he is in love.

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Critics Consensus

Modern Romance contains all the hallmarks of Albert Brooks' best work: darkly funny, confrontational, and chock full of pithy observations about human behavior.

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Gary Arnold

Washington Post

05/01/2018

Likely to interest only those who wish Brooks well and don't mind making extravagant allowances.

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Derek Adams

Time Out

06/24/2006

Extremely funny, ultra-hip and alarmingly insightful.

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Fernando F. Croce

Slant Magazine

05/03/2006

3.5/4

Nearly as much as Jerry Lewis, Albert Brooks's comic persona is defined by its unlikability.

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Mitchell Beaupre

Paste Magazine

03/25/2024

10/10

Billed as a comedy, Brooks deceptively hides in Modern Romance a scathing indictment of toxic masculinity akin to Agnès Varda’s Le Bonheur and Michelangelo Antonioni’s La Notte.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

11/14/2020

3/4

...an uneven yet mostly rewarding comedy that stands as one of Brooks' better directorial efforts, ultimately.

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David Kaplan

Kaplan vs. Kaplan

03/01/2008

3/5

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Synopsis

A film editor (Albert Brooks) breaks up and makes up with his girlfriend (Kathryn Harrold), unsure if he is in love.

Director: Albert Brooks
Producer: Andrew Scheinman, Martin Shafer
Screenwriter: Albert Brooks, Monica McGowan Johnson
Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Production Co: Columbia Pictures Corporation
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 13, 1981, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 1, 2013
Runtime: 1h 33m
Sound Mix: Stereo