Adapted from the play written by Neil Simon, Barefoot in the Park is only adequately funny but usually entertaining. Robert Redford and Jane Fonda play a newly-wed couple who moves into a very 'inconvenient' apartment, with a dysfunctional radiator, a leaky closet, a hole in the ceiling, its on the very top floor (which results in a very long climb), and the building's full of lunatics. These things lead to a marriage problem and a very strange clash between Fonda's aging mother, played by Mildred Natwick, and a very unique man who lives in the attic. The essence of the film is low key, but should appeal to Simon fans.
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Starring:
Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Charles Boyer, Mildred Natwick, Herb Edelman, Mabel Albertson, Fritz Feld
Directed by:
Gene Saks
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1967 comedy
Not Rated.
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Don Ignacio's score: C+