Modern Romance (film)

Modern Romance is a 1981 American comedy romance film directed by and starring Albert Brooks,[2] who also co-wrote the script with Monica Mcgowan Johnson.[3] It co-stars Kathryn Harrold and Bruno Kirby.

Modern Romance
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAlbert Brooks
Produced byAndrew Scheinman
Martin Shafer
Written byAlbert Brooks
Monica Johnson
StarringAlbert Brooks
Kathryn Harrold
Bruno Kirby
CinematographyEric Saarien
Edited byDavid Finfer
Color processMetrocolor
Production
company
Columbia Pictures
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • March 13, 1981 (1981-03-13)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2,863,642[1]

Plot

Robert Cole (Albert Brooks) is a Hollywood film editor right in the middle of cutting a new science fiction film featuring George Kennedy. His relationship with very patient bank executive Mary Harvard (Kathryn Harrold) is caught between undying devotion and endless agony. It's all because selfish Robert is a bit of a self-involved neurotic who can't quite decide if their relationship is meant to be, mainly because he's not sure if she's the one or there's someone else.

Robert breaks off their relationship only to find that modern romance isn't as easy as it seems, and the people you love might be the ones you constantly hurt the most. He and Mary end up driving to a cabin in Idyllwild, California, where intense jealousy causes Robert to alternately accuse and annoy Mary and propose marriage to her.

Cast

Production

Bruno Kirby co-stars as Jay, Robert's co-worker and confidant, and Brooks' brother Bob Einstein, best known as hapless daredevil Super Dave Osborne, plays a pushy salesman at a sporting goods store.

A third brother, Cliff, has a cameo in the scenes set in the recording studio. He plays the music mixer, the bald man sitting to the left of the head mixer, who gets up and goes to his car during the break.

David, the director of the film that Robert is editing, is played by real-life film director James L. Brooks – no relation to Albert. He would later return the favor by casting Albert in his Academy Award-nominated role of Aaron Altman in Broadcast News.

According to Albert Brooks, Stanley Kubrick was a big fan of the film. He tells the story that Kubrick called him after viewing the film and asked, "How did you make this movie? I've always wanted to make a movie about jealousy."[4]

Reception

The film holds an 82% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 22 reviews. The site's critical consensus states: "Modern Romance contains all the hallmarks of Albert Brooks' best work: darkly funny, confrontational, and chock full of pithy observations about human behavior."[5]

References
  1. Modern Romance at Box Office Mojo
  2. "Modern Romance". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  3. Brooks, Albert (1981-03-13), Modern Romance, retrieved 2016-08-30
  4. Albert Brooks takes a look back on his career | Broadcast News | Movie News | Movies | Entertainment Weekly | 1
  5. "Modern Romance (1981)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
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