A New Leaf
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Actor: David Doyle, Graham Jarvis, James Coco, Rose Arrick, Trent GoughPrimary Contributor: Walter Matthau
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
Running Time: 102 minutes
Release Date: 1998-01-01
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Publisher: Paramount
Studio: Paramount
VHS Movie Reviews of A New Leaf
Movie Review: How Can This Be?
Summary: 5 Stars
How can it be that Walter Matthau's best performance, especially a comedy performance, is not available on DVD? It's a shame, because this is arguably the most brilliant dark comedy from that wonderful golden age of grown-up films from the mid 60s to the mid 70s. This movie is way too funny and brilliant to be this undercover and cult. Elaine May is to comedy what Coppola and Scorsese were to drama. Her writing is as good as comedy writing gets, and her performance gives a glimpse at how wonderful a comic actress she really is. No B.S. either. This one of the great comedies. Can't believe it's not on dvd. Not to be missed. I remember seeing this on tv when I was a little girl and thinking, that is a wonderful world those two people live in. It played the midnight show in college and the crowd loved it so much, it played the following week to huge crowds. I rented it ten years ago on VHS, and roared with laughter. It gets better with every viewing. And now, you can't ever see it because it never shows on tv and it's not on dvd. Help!!
Summary of A New Leaf
Elaine May wrote, directed, and starred in this acidic comedy about a wealthy playboy (Walter Matthau) who discovers that he has nearly spent all of his fortune. Casting about for a solution to his money problems that won't actually involve work, he finds a desperate solution: He'll marry an heiress (May) for her fortune. The hitch: She's a social maladept ("The woman is feral," Matthau growls). Indeed, Matthau finds marriage so intolerable that he decides there's only one course of action, which is to actively pursue making himself a widower by bumping her off. An offbeat, funny, and dry film, with a wonderfully misanthropic performance by Matthau and a sharply drawn one by May. --Marshall FineComedy VHS Video
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