Summary:
Opening well past the point favored by most romantic comedies, director/co-writer/star Albert Brooks' take on the genre begins with a breakup. After exchanging harsh words in a diner, Brooks and Kathryn Harrold go their separate ways. Brooks then spends the next few days attempting to forget his troubles through work, exercise, drugs, and other women, torturing himself at eac... Full Summary >>

Cast:
Albert Brooks - (Robert Cole)
Kathryn Harrold - (Mary Harvard)
Bruno Kirby - (Kay)
Jane Hallaren - (Ellen)
James L. Brooks - (David)
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Review:
Challenging the notion that film eroticizes whatever's in its frame, Albert Brooks presents a vision of love as a cycle of torture, abnegation, delusion, and denial. Other than a probable heightening of tensions, Brooks and co-writer Monica Johnson offer no suggestion that events transpiring in Modern Romance differ significantly from i... Continue >>

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