Barefoot In The Park Details

In this delightful comedy, adapted by Neil Simon from his hit Broadway show, Robert Redford (who appeared in the stage play) and Jane Fonda star as the young married couple attempting to achieve newly wedded bliss. Redford is a joy in a reasonably rare comic role, though Mildred Natwick almost steals the show as Fonda's mother. It's handled well by director Gene Saks (he also made The Odd Couple), who maintains the humour and a lively pace until about half an hour from the end.

Breezy but overlong adaptation of a stage play which succeeded through audience response to its one-liners, which on the screen sometimes fall flat. The people are nice, though.