A near-peerless comedy of humiliation and dissimulation, The Heartbreak Kid finds Charles Grodin's craven Lenny Cantrow ditching his bride of less than a week, Lila (Jeannie Berlin), for shiksa coed Kelly (Cybill Shepherd) while the new spouses are honeymooning in Miami Beach. Berlin gives a flawless performance: Lila is vulgar, childish, and maddening, but never pathetic; she's always in possession of some small kernel of self-respect, no matter how mortifying her situation may be.
Melissa Anderson
febbraio 7, 2017