I’ve always been aware of the Odd Couple as a concept. It’s just in the zeitgeist as a type of story — the neat-freak and the slob comedy. I didn’t realize how dramatic and serious some of the topics especially for the ‘60s in a G rated film: suicide, divorce, sleeping with multiple women, etc. I also get some homoerotic undertones played between Felix and Oscar. I didn’t expect that Walter Mathau would be this good in the film. While I liked his acting the best, Jack Lemmon is definitely where most of the comedy comes from. The rest of the comedy comes from the quick back and forth banter that Neil Simon really delivers on. The theme music is also infectious.
