Film

Two for the Seesaw 1962

Directed by Robert Wise

  • Drama, Romance
  • 119 min

A square from Nebraska? An off-beatnik from Greenwich Village? It just didn't figure ... that they would ... that they could ... that they did!

After leaving his wife, lawyer Jerry Ryan moves from Omaha, Nebraska to New York City to start a new life. While studying for the New York Bar Examination and working to finalize his divorce, Ryan meets dancer Gittel Mosca, and the two begin a cautious courtship. However, Ryan feels that he must come to terms with his failed marriage and overcome his lingering attachment to his ex-wife before he can redefine himself and embrace his budding romance.

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Classical in form, earnest, grave and intimate.

  • classical in formformally daring
  • earnestironic
  • gravecomic
  • intimateepic
  • character-ledplot-driven

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