Sep 19, 2023RioCaliente rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
"A New Leaf" (1970) -- a very funny movie about a wealthy man who runs through his fortune and in desperation marries an heiress who happens to be a sweet and naive botanist. He finds that he has previously undiscovered talents. The…
Oct 27, 2022PeterRLD rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
Much praised by the critics, but pretty disappointing, I thought. Pacing was erratic, story overly simple, ending weak. Walter Matthau was OK, but Elaine May not so much.
Dec 02, 2019N13m4nd rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
He may be in his 40s, but Henry is still a spoiled brat. He inherited money and he loves being rich. But he loves being rich so much that he’s spent his entire fortune and is now flat broke. Work? Unthinkable! Live in poverty? Out of the…
Put plain and simple - I absolutely hated the "Henry Graham" character in this film's story like I haven't hated another movie character in a mighty long-long time.
Portrayed by American actor, Walter Matthau - Graham was such a callous…
In 1971's "A New Leaf" - The Henry Graham character was so despicable and callous in nature, and his motives for marrying Henrietta so base and ruthless, that it easily rendered this particular "Rom-Com" as being one of the absolute…
Nov 24, 2014garycornell rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Elaine May you are a genius!! You helped write, direct and star in "A New Leaf". You made up two of the funniest characters to ever be put on film. Walter Matthau as Henry Graham and you as Henrietta Lowell. Now I am not going to spoil…
An absolutely delightful and often unpredictably comedy. I can't believe I'd known nothing about this film for so long and would love to see the alleged 180 minute version. Matthau, most often the everyslob of American films, is…
Jun 03, 2014mswrite rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
An underrated 1971 comedy gem from writer-director Elaine May (one half of legendary comedy team Nichols and May--director Mike Nichols is the other half) and her brilliant co-star Walter Matthau. See this movie for Matthau's marvelously…
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Mar 03, 2014voisjoe1 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Elaine May wrote, directed, and starred in this somewhat dark screwball comedy. Her director’s cut ran 180 minutes, but the studio cut out 78 minutes so we get only to see a 102 minute film. There are some eye-rolling outright laughter…
Aug 24, 20134B39B22330E8 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This is a lost classic of 1970's cinema written, directed and played by Elaine May with Walter Matthau in the lead role. It was buried due to creative differences with the studio and May purportedly disowned this cut of the film.
But…
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