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Heartburn

Heartburn

1986 · 108 min · EN · R · 6.0 (225 votes)
Dir. Mike Nichols · Starring Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson, Jeff Daniels, Maureen Stapleton, Stockard Channing, Richard Masur · Music Carly Simon

“Sex. Love. Marriage. Some people don't know when to quit.”

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She's a magazine writer who gives up her career for love and family. He's a playboy newspaper columnist who can't quite give up his old tricks. And if that combination doesn't give a relationship heartburn, nothing will.

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A sharp, funny, and ultimately sad look at the unraveling of a marriage. It captures the mundane anxieties and sharp pains of domestic life with a relatable, lived-in feel.

wrybittersweetanxiousmelancholicsteadydramedyslice-of-lifecharacter-driveninfidelitymarriagebetrayalfamily
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infidelityjournalisthusband wife relationshipbased on memoir or autobiographysemi autobiographical
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