The Odd Couple, one of the very best comedies to have emanated from Broadway in recent years, arrived on screen not only intact but actually enhanced by the transition.

| Jun 7, 2022

Capitalizing on almost every funny line in the play, and keeping physical setups to a wise minimum, playwright-screenwriter Neil Simon and director Gene Saks have adapted to the screen, fidelity-sharp, the embattled hilarity of The Odd Couple.

| May 3, 2019

The Neil Simon comedy that lit up Broadway for more than two years shines again in this flawed but still funny screen adaptation.

| Apr 27, 2009

...a durable classic, the sort of comedy that doesn't try to yank laughs by cramming its fist down our throats.

| Mar 18, 2009

Lemmon and Mathau's finest hour.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Apr 1, 2008

For all its overfamiliarity, this is a good play, easily Simon's best, and Matthau and Lemmon inhabit it with grace and style.

| Apr 1, 2008

An irresistible double act from Lemmon and Matthau.

Full Review | Jan 26, 2006

It does well as an evening's entertainment.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 23, 2004

Felix and Oscar are now part of the American mythos.

| Mar 10, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 13, 2002