A New Leaf (1971)
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 102 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Elaine May
Stars: Walter Matthau, Elaine May and Jack Weston
IMDb score:
7,3 (8.924)
Releasedate: 11 March 1971
A New Leaf plot
""Do you take this woman?" "Yes, for everything she's got.""
Henry Graham is a free seal who is desperately looking for a rich woman to support him. He finds it in May. First he wants to kill her for the money, but then he changes his mind.
Actors and actresses
Henry Graham
Henrietta Lowell
Andy McPherson
Harold
Uncle Harry
Mrs. Traggert
Sharon Hart
Beckett
Frank
Reviews & comments
scorsese
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- 13430 messages
- 11265 votes
Nice film in which a bachelor has to marry a rich woman as quickly as possible for financial reasons. A sometimes somewhat idiosyncratic rom-com that has not withstood the test of time, but certainly still has something to laugh about. Dryly funny dialogues and characters. Walter Matthau and Elaine May have a great time together and for Elaine May this film also marked her directorial debut.
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Mescaline
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- 7116 messages
- 3388 votes
Entertaining film, Walter Matthau acts well as usual, but his co-star and director Elaine May was also a good match.
The story is a bit long-winded here and there and there could certainly have been more to it, but it's quite a fun film to watch.
A small 3*
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Dievegge
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- 3203 messages
- 8285 votes
Walter Matthau plays one of his typical comedic roles: a schemer who hatches a plan. In the opening scene the viewer is immediately misled with a visual joke. Henry Graham lives the high life, with a Ferrari and polo games, but he is on the brink of bankruptcy. The intrigue is driven by his attempts to acquire a new fortune. The denouement is partly guessable, but it is worked out with a lot of humor, witty dialogue and an ironic climax.
Elaine May, now a sturdy ninety-one-year-old, is not only his co-star, but she also wrote the screenplay and directed it. In reality she looked good, but for this role of an unworldly botanist she made herself ugly with a wig and oversized glasses. The British George Rose plays the dignified servant, a "gentleman's gentleman", who imparts some life wisdom between all the jokes. The title has a literal and a figurative meaning.
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