Stars: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Christine Baranski, Barnard Hughes, Jonathan Silverman, Jean Smart

Director: Howard Deutch

Summary: Two old gents who shared a room together many years ago, meet again in New York. Now both of them are divorced and ruined financially. Their children however are set to marry and bring their two families together. Which means that they must now travel to California...

In this sequel, decades have passed since uncompromising slob Oscar (Walter Matthau) and fussy neatnick Felix (Jack Lemmon) shared the trials and tribulations of apartment life together. After years of going their separate ways, the two are suddenly thrown together again, en route to the wedding of Oscar's son to Felix's daughter. A traumatic road trip ensues.

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Sequels might be the lifeblood of mainstream Hollywood film production but it took 30 years for The Odd Couple 2to reunite Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau and writer Neil Simon for a follow-up to their scintillating 1967 success. Now Felix (Lemmon) and Oscar (Matthau), once mismatched flatmates, are forced to renew their old friendship when their respective children get married. Cue all the ingredients for a disaster-riddled journey to California for the wedding: lost luggage, allergies, dangerously wanton women (and their husbands), illegal immigrants and repeat visits to the same police station. All the old irritations rise quickly to the surface, Simon's dialogue is as sharp as ever and the vocal sparring skills of these two magnificent comedy players are undiminished, though there's a certain poignancy in their physical frailty: "I'm too old to hit but I could spit you to death", threatens Matthau at one point. Crumpled and puffy, neither of them looks in great shape. But the film gives a neat symmetry to two of the finest cinematic careers. As Matthau says towards the end, it's "the biggest goddamndest déjà vuanyone's ever had".

On the DVD:The Odd Couple 2on disc has no extras apart from the original theatrical trailer. The film is presented in 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen with a Dolby Digital Surround soundtrack. It looks and sounds good. Alan Silvestri's score borrows the Neal Hefti theme from the 1967 original from time to time. --Piers Ford

Aspect Ratio:	2.35 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Theatrical Trailer
Subtitles:	Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
Year:	1997
Release Date:	September 2, 2002
Runtime:	92 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	P H E 8180
Keywords:	Comedy, General, Neil, Odd, Couple, Ii, Simon's
Genre:	Comedy