Two for the Seesaw

Two for the Seesaw

1962 · 119 min · EN · 6.5 (48 votes)
Dir. Robert Wise · Starring Robert Mitchum, Shirley MacLaine, Edmon Ryan, Elisabeth Fraser, Eddie Firestone, Billy Gray · Music André Previn

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

DramaRomance

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.

VIBE

A quiet, talky romance that feels like eavesdropping on two souls navigating the complexities of love and loneliness in a bustling city. It's a thoughtful, melancholic character study that lingers long after the credits roll.

melancholicintrospectivewistfulromanticslow-burndialogue-heavystageyblack-and-white dramacharacter studylovelonelinessurban isolationsecond chances
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