Modern Romance

1981
15
1h 33m

IMDb RATING

7.0/10

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Albert Brooks and Kathryn Harrold in Modern Romance (1981)

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Albert Brooks directs himself as a successful film editor with far too many issues that affects the relationship between him and his remarkably patient girlfriend.Albert Brooks directs himself as a successful film editor with far too many issues that affects the relationship between him and his remarkably patient girlfriend.Albert Brooks directs himself as a successful film editor with far too many issues that affects the relationship between him and his remarkably patient girlfriend.

Director
- Albert Brooks
Writers
- Albert Brooks
- Monica Mcgowan Johnson
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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

YOUR RATING

Director
- Albert Brooks
Writers
- Albert Brooks
- Monica Mcgowan Johnson
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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Modern Romance

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Modern Romance: You Understand What I'm Saying?

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Trivia
Because of the minimal amount of editing needed during post-production, writer-director Albert Brooks was able to deliver his final cut to the Columbia Pictures studio about two weeks earlier than expected. This facilitated the film's U.S. release date being brought forward about a couple of months from May 1981 back to March 1981.

Goofs
When Albert is high on Quaaludes, he puts on a record album and the disco hit "A Fifth of Beethoven" comes on. But watch the needle on the turntable--the arm visibly retracts and returns from the spindle while the music is playing.

Quotes
Robert Cole: [selecting a prop for the space film he's working on] How much would you say this weighs?
Head Mixer: I don't know. Maybe it doesn't weigh anything--did you ever think of that? Maybe it's on one of those planets that doesn't have any gravity.

Connections
Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: Albert Brooks/Susan Sarandon (1981)

Soundtracks
You Are So Beautiful
Written by Dennis Wilson, Billy Preston and Bruce Fisher
Performed by Joe Cocker
Courtesy of A&M Records

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Featured review

7/10

A good romantic-comedy with some unique twists on the formula

Pains me to admit it but I could relate to Albert Brooks' character in parts of this. The swinging back and forth between optimism and despair right after a breakup hit kind of hard. Also: a part late in the film where thin and his sort-of girlfriend sort of argue, and Brooks' character is unable to end it in a way that will leave things fully at peace... that was relatable too.

All that said, the most entertaining parts were probably the sequences where Brooks worked as an editor on what looked like a gloriously stupid sci-fi film starring George Kennedy.

Overall: it's not perfect, and I think it does owe maybe a bit too much to the kind of movies Woody Allen was making around this time. But I did like a good deal of the humour, and a romantic-comedy that investigates the final stages of a relationship is refreshing, considering most standard romantic-comedies focus on the early days.