FOOD and FLICKS
1960s classic movie is remembered

by Patricia Selman
Scroll Editor

Basic Plot: Paul Bratter (Robert Redford) and Corie Bratter (Jane Fonda) are newly weds in New York. After a six-day, six-night honeymoon, the couple moves into a small apartment where they find out life is not perfect. After trekking up five flights of stairs and a stoop, they find a hole in their skylight, a broken heater, no bathtub and a bedroom that is almost too small to accommodate their single bed.

The couple has their first fight over Corie’s vivacious perspective and Paul’s stuffed-shirt attitude.

Critique: This movie comically explores the life of two people who learn to live together. Redford does a good job portraying a hard-working lawyer in love who has to put up with the quirks of his new bride. He shows love for his wife after getting drunk and walking barefoot in the park, something Corie accused him of never doing.

Fonda steals the show. She has a love for life that viewers can see in every scene. She exemplifies the image of a woman who expects life to be perfect after marriage. She goes from being incredibly happy to being angry and mad at her husband. She learns that she must compromise her ways and be acceptant. This is a great movie that I recommend for everybody to watch.

Best Line: “If you don’t hear from us in a week, we’ll be in the National Hotel in Mexico City. Room 703.”

Best Scene: The best scene has Corie’s mother (Mildred Natwick) going home from the newly weds apartment. As she is starting down the front stoop, she is offered help by Victor Velasco (Charles Boyer), a neighbor to the Bratters. She politely refuses saying, “I can manage.” As she starts down the stairs, she slips and bumps down the entire flight of steps.

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