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Divorce American Style

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Suburban couple Richard Harmon (Dick Van Dyke) and his wife, Barbara (Debbie Reynolds), have exhausted their patience in their marriage. Bored and no closer to fixing their problems through counseling, the couple opts to divorce, and the proceeding tug-of-war over children, money and possessions reveals that maintaining their marriage was far easier than ending it. Along the way are attempts for both at new relationships, with the subject of alimony playing a hidden role in matters.
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Richard Schickel LIFE Jan 5, 2022
It actually has something truthful to say about the way we live now and says it with a savagery of tone that runs completely counter to the warm, babbling, socially meaningless flow of our comic mainstream. Go to Full Review Wilfrid Sheed Esquire Magazine Feb 6, 2020
Debbie Reynolds and Dick Van Dyke are gruesomely well-cast. Go to Full Review Joyce Melba Los Angeles Free Press Feb 3, 2020
Undoubtedly, the movie's makers sat down to several screenings of Divorce Italian Style with pencils and pads in hand and mapped out American counterpart situations. But the ideas do gain in the American translation. Go to Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jun 17, 2005
B-
Lori Hoffman Atlantic City Weekly Apr 8, 2005
4/5
Trivia alert: Tim Matheson is Debbie's teenage son Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Apr 8, 2024 This comedy has teeth. Dick Van Dyke and Debbie Reynolds were wonderful together with a supporting cast that added to theirs, and the film’s, punch. It’s a difficult fine line to walk for a comedy to make me laugh while conveying some biting social commentary. As a child of divorce it resonated with me. Heartily recommended. See more Steve D @RT35616104 Jan 26, 2024 I don't get the appeal of any of these films. See more Thomas M @TMProofreader Jan 31, 2019 The best comedy movie ever made! See more Aug 25, 2015 It's cute, but really dated and doesn't hold up well at all. See more Jul 15, 2015 While firmly imbedded in 60 style and culture, the film nevertheless humorously touches on many of the difficult timeless realities created by long term relationships and divorce. A very fun cast. I especially enjoyed the insanity of Debbie Reynolds character being on a date with another divorced man (Tom Bosley later of Happy Days) and attempting to pick up the kids. The convoluted mess of broken families each trying to get their kids results in one child inevitably being left behind--poignant. See more Oct 13, 2013 (First and only viewing - 10/13/2013) See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Bud Yorkin

Director

Dick Van Dyke

Richard Harmon

Debbie Reynolds

Barbara Harmon

Jason Robards

Nelson Downes

Jean Simmons

Nancy Downes

Van Johnson

Al Yearling

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Synopsis Suburban couple Richard Harmon (Dick Van Dyke) and his wife, Barbara (Debbie Reynolds), have exhausted their patience in their marriage. Bored and no closer to fixing their problems through counseling, the couple opts to divorce, and the proceeding tug-of-war over children, money and possessions reveals that maintaining their marriage was far easier than ending it. Along the way are attempts for both at new relationships, with the subject of alimony playing a hidden role in matters.
Director
Bud Yorkin
Producer
Norman Lear
Distributor
Columbia Pictures
Production Co
Tandem Enterprises Inc., National General Production Inc.
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 21, 1967, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 1, 2011
Runtime
1h 49m
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