Barefoot in the Park (1967)
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A conservative lawyer and his free-spirited wife struggle to find common ground in their cramped New York City apartment.
The story
After a torrid week-long honeymoon at the Plaza Hotel, free-spirited Corie Bratter and her husband Paul, a conservative, uptight young attorney, move into a fifth-floor Greenwich Village apartment that lacks an elevator. Corie works to turn the small, leaky space into a picturesque home while navigating the presence of their quirky neighbors. Among them is Victor Velasco, who befriends Corie and flirts with her. As the couple settles in, their highly passionate relationship begins to descend into comical discord as they struggle to reconcile their vastly different personalities and lifestyles.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Following a honeymoon at the Plaza Hotel, Corie Bratter and her husband Paul move into a fifth-floor Greenwich Village apartment. Corie decorates the space while Victor Velasco, a neighbor from the attic, befriends her and helps with repairs. Corie attempts to set up a dinner date between her mother, Ethel Banks, and Victor at an Albanian restaurant on Staten Island. The night ends in fatigue and an argument between Corie and Paul over their differing temperaments. On a snowy February night, Paul falls ill, and Corie demands a divorce, eventually kicking him out. She later discovers Ethel fell on icy stairs and spent the night at Victor's. Meanwhile, a drunken Paul wanders Washington Square Park. Corie finds him running barefoot and chases him to sober him up. Paul climbs onto the roof of their apartment and becomes terrified of falling. Corie convinces him to sing an Albanian folk song to calm down while she climbs up to help him down. A crowd, including Ethel and Victor, watches as they kiss and descend safely.
- First release year
- 1967
- Runtime (minutes)
- 106
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Gene Saks
- Writers
- Neil Simon · screenplay
- Cast and characters
- Robert Redford · Paul; Jane Fonda · Corie; Charles Boyer · Victor Velasco; Mildred Natwick · Ethel Banks; Herbert Edelman; Mabel Albertson
- Genres
- romantic comedy
- Themes
- marriage; personality clashes; urban living
- Tone and mood
- light-hearted; romantic farce; comical
- Premise and plot tags
- newlyweds; apartment life; comedy of manners
- Source material / true-story basis
- Neil Simon's 1963 play of the same name
- Reception
- The film was a critical and commercial success upon release, praised for its light-hearted tone and the chemistry between its lead actors, though later reviews have been mixed.
- Reported review scores
- Rotten Tomatoes · score: 81% · review count: 54; Metacritic · score: 55 · scale: 100 · review count: 8
- Awards and nominations
- Academy Award · Best Supporting Actress · Nomination; BAFTA Award · Best Actress · Nomination; Writers Guild of America Award · Best Adapted Screenplay · Nomination
- Production trivia
- The film spent a record 12 weeks at Radio City Music Hall, grossing a house record of $2.3 million.; It ranked number 96 on AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions in 2002.; The film was produced on a budget of $2 million and grossed $30 million worldwide.
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