Product Details

• Actors: George Segal, Natalie Wood, Richard Benjamin, Valerie Harper, Bob Dishy
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Universal Studios Ho
• VHS Release Date: February 25, 1992
• Run Time: 103 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6300182622
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #219,423 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Comedy!, December 23, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Last Married Couple in America [VHS] (VHS Tape)

An extremely funny film! A compilation of comedy that is hysterical from beginning to end! Dom Deluise is at his best in his supporting role as George Segal's good friend, and George Segal, as always, is wildly emotional! Valerie Harper is also on hand and gives a great performance as Natalie Wood's best friend. Natalie Wood is stunning and quite funny as the wife of George Segal. It shows her acting talents in a different light and gives us another side to remember her by.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not so different from today..., August 22, 2006

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Angie (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Last Married Couple in America [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Despite the film's outrageous clothes and bad perms that just scream 1980, "The Last Married Couple in America" is surprisingly relevant in the 21st century. Married couples are STILL breaking up at alarming rates twenty five years later. The only difference is no one's shocked anymore...which would make Mari and Jeff Thompson's dismay a bit outdated to our modern eyes, though no less heartfelt.

In our current culture that demonizes any kind of misconceived "threat" (gay marriage, feminism, happily single men and women, whatever victim you want to choose) to traditional marriage, it's nice to see that at one time people actually worried about fixing their own affairs rather than blaming others!!

I'm a bit biased because I'm a huge Natalie Wood fan and love her later work ("The Cracker Factory," "The Affair," even the remake of "From Here to Eternity") but I have to say I enjoyed this film, warts and all. It seems that almost every film made in the late 70s and early 80s featured oddly dressed characters dancing to new wave/disco (think "Xanadu"). Don't let the occasional fashion faux pas divert your attention from the fact you could learn a lot about what makes a good marriage work!

George Segal's warm-hearted, goofy charm and Natalie Wood's wise, but innocent ways create an energy that help "The Last Married Couple in America" get through the rough spots.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Last Married Couple is a fun view, August 28, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: The Last Married Couple in America [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I remember seeing this film when it first came out when I was in my early 20's. In fact, the first place that I visited upon moving out to LA was "Tommy Original Burgers (discovered from this film)!" LOL

I personally find Natalie Wood wonderful in every film that she's ever done. And I particularly love seeing her looking good and as sharp as ever at 40! Heck, she's a pretty good football player too (see the film)!

Now its some 23 years later. I am now a few years older than Nat was when she made the film. I'm married with kids. This film means more to me now than ever!

NOW, I get the story! Heck, I'm livin it! LOL The protagonists that manage to destabalize the marriage between Nat and George's charcters make sense! Its more amusing than ever.

There are a few "period" side stories to the film (it was made in the late 70's), but everything that they present about marriage is true. And some of the side character's acting comes across as flat...still...

Valerie Harper is particularly good and funny as Natalie's friend who -- as Nat's husband later remarks -- is "not such a good friend" afterall!

AND, Natalie and George both shine in the film. Particularly on their night out for his birthday! Natalie's swearing and beating up George in the film makes me laugh too! Find it. See it.

NJ/Ordinaryfool