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Heartburn (1986) 6.0
An autobiographical look at the breakup of Ephron's marriage to Carl "All the President's Men" Bernstein that was also a best-selling novel. The Ephron character, Rachel is a food writer at... See full summary » Director:Mike Nichols |
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An autobiographical look at the breakup of Ephron's marriage to Carl "All the President's Men" Bernstein that was also a best-selling novel. The Ephron character, Rachel is a food writer at a New York magazine who meets Washington columnist Mark at a wedding and ends up falling in love with him despite her reservations about marriage. They buy a house, have a daughter, and Rachel thinks they are living happily ever after until she discovers that Mark is having an affair while she is waddling around with a second pregnancy. Written by Lisa Todorovich
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They Thought It Was Love. It Was Really Heartburn. See more »Parents Guide:
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25 July 1986 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
A Difícil Arte de Amar See more »Box Office
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$20,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$25,314,289 (USA)Company Credits
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Rachel Samstat: I'm never getting married again. I don't believe in marriage.
Mark Forman: Neither do I.
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This was Tony Shalhoub's first film role. He had a love scene with Meryl Streep but his scenes were cut. Shaloub can still be seen as a passenger on a plane behind Nicholson. See more »Goofs
When Rachel begins a tape recording of her life with the baby, she identifies herself as "Rachel Samstat". There is no reason for her to use her maiden name, and in the rest of the movie she uses her married name. See more »Quotes
Mark Forman: When we're married, I want this once a week.Rachel Samstat: I'm never getting married again. I don't believe in marriage.
Mark Forman: Neither do I.
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Let's face it, these aren't the two most likable people on the planet, but that's only because writer Nora Ephron may have been a little too hard on herself. (Actually, she's hard on most everyone in this.) We care about this relationship, and the performances ofthe excellent cast make it intriguing at first, but viewers are just as likely to grow impatient with these characters as they do with each other. It's worth seeing, but a hard film to love.
Now, some words about the Carly Simon song, "Coming Around Again." I heard the song before I saw the movie and it no doubt affected my viewing of it. So many movies seem to just tack on any old song at the end credits, but this song really captures the essence of love and marriage and brings out all the emotions of a great film scene in merely a few minutes. I cannot believe the overblown "Take My Breath Away" from "Top Gun" (also overblown) won the 1986 Oscar for Best Original Song, and "Coming Around Again" was not even nominated! Perhaps this is why Carly Simon won her Oscar for "Let the River Run" two years later, to make up for this gross omission. (She would also duet with Streep during the end credits of "Marvin's Room"--an even better film.) The song alone is reason enough to see "Heartburn".