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Based on the true story of an unlikely odd couple who give each other a new lease on life, this French comedy - drama is almost irresistibly engaging.

Not exact matches

This odd coupling of open - eyed risk assessment and a willingness to dare anyway is a hallmark of great CEOs, according to Robert Scoble, who studies CEOs for Rackspace.

After enlisting his liberal lawyer friend David Boies, who had represented Al Gore in their most famous tussle, the pair could have supported politicians or ballot initiatives with their financial resources, oratory skills, and press - drawing odd couple celebrity.

The odd couples this year included the state's Republican Governor Bill Haslam and Nashville's Democrat Mayor Karl Dean who traded compliments and discussed public education.

I took some in to work intending to have a cake supply to hand for a couple of days but ended up having to reluctantly hand it out to co-workers who were surprised to discover that they really liked this odd looking (mine didn't exactly look like the photo!)

There seems to be the odd early signing illustrating a false dawn of further business, i.e. Cech and Xhaka, followed by a couple of youngsters who may or may not make it.

The Dodgers also acquired Nick Punto in this trade, which seemed a little odd at the time: one of the game's top first basemen on a contract the Dodgers wanted to possess, coupled with a former ace and a former star who had both fallen on hard times... and also a bench player who hadn't hit even a little bit in his first year with the Red Sox and was only owed a little over $ 300,000 for the rest of the season.

Some of the best - looking couples I know have birthed some rather odd - looking babies who grew up to be good - looking young adults.

Odd stop: A Hillsboro, Ill., couple who reportedly went to a bar with their baby the day after he was born were charged with cruelty to a child.

As part of the reunification deal, Mr. Klein will become the deputy to Senator Andrea Stewart - Cousins, the Democratic minority leader — creating the odd couple of New York's first female legislative leader, who in recent months has championed an aggressive crackdown on sexual harassment, and a man accused of committing it.

Opponents, which included an odd coalition of the Catholic Church and women's advocacy groups, argued no - fault divorce debases marriage, making it too easy for couples who should be working out their problems to throw in the towel (the church) and suggested it will now be too easy for the wealthier spouse — usually the man — to leave their partners without adequate resources (NOW - NYS President Marica Pappas blasted what she dubbed «divorce on demand»).

Steve: For more on Fermi and Szilard check out the April 5th 2006 podcast for a brief chat with Bill Lanouette who wrote an article for SciAm in 2000 on Fermi and Szilard called the «Odd Couple and the Bomb».

The Odd Life of Timothy Green is a a new movie by Disney that is the story of a couple, Cindy and Jim Green (played by Jennifer Garner and Joel Edgerton), who desperately want to have a child of their own, but are only left with their dreams of who he might be.

Up until a couple years ago, the only spanking I had experienced came from the odd man who had watched too much...

The real value of the documentary from Douglas McGrath lies in charting Nichols» creative trajectory from the staging and improvisation lessons learned with comedy partner Elaine May, through collaborations with playwright Neil Simon on «Barefoot in the Park» and «The Odd Couple,» and the director's first two feature films, both legendary — «Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?»

Dark and Stormy Night is a conglomeration of decades of «old dark house» clichés into a single film, where the greedy relatives of an eccentric millionaire (joined by two hardboiled reporters, a couple of odd servants, a madwoman in the attic and a frustrated cabbie who just wants his 37 cents) gather for the reading of the will.

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Granted, there are a couple of elements that are likely to throw a lot of viewers off - balance but those who are able to handle them properly should find themselves succumbing to the strange charms of this odd duck of a film.

That rule was in effect when I popped in the 1968 film version of The Odd Couple, Neil Simon's popular Broadway play about two divorced men — one a neat freak, the other a slob — who come to share an apartment.

It's handled well by director Gene Saks (he also made The Odd Couple), who keeps the humour flowing and maintains a lively pace until about half an hour from the end.

The next «Thor» movie will be somewhat of a «odd - couple road trip movie» according to actor Mark Ruffalo, who is reprising the role of Bruce Banner - The Hulk for the muscle - infested punchfest.

The next «Thor» movie will be somewhat of a «odd - couple road trip movie» according to actor Mark Ruffalo, who is reprising the...

Meanwhile, Barry meets Lena (Watson, Red Dragon), a friend of his sister and the two make an odd couple, but oddly they work well together because, unlike his sisters who taunt him about everything, Lena is willing to accept him for all of his flaws.

MAID IN MANHATTAN Jennifer Lopez and Ralph Fiennes make an odd couple, yet a nicely matched one, in this romantic comedy about a hotel maid dressed as a socialite who catches the fancy of a rich politician.

Copying the model of many of his previous vehicles with Seth Rogen — who has the supporting role of a baffled script supervisor — Franco plays up the odd - couple bromance between Wiseau and Sestero, which gives him the like - hate - love trajectory an audience can find reassuring, and equips the film with a ready - made happy ending.

Co-written by estimable Frownland director Ronald Bronstein, it's inspired by the experiences of street kid Arielle Holmes, who plays a fictional version of herself alongside actor Caleb Landry Jones in what's described as «a tumultuous drama about a New York City couple battling addiction in the midst of a love affair»... And finally, the prize for oddest remake of the week: French thriller specialist Jean - François Richet is changing gear rather alarmingly with his, er, «reboot» is the word I'm looking for, of Claude Berri's 1977 comedy Un moment d'égarement, in which two fathers take their sexy adolescent daughters on vacation — and one of them is seduced by the other's jeune fille.

In this odd couple tale set in the American west, Cohen Holloway (Until Proven Innocent, Boy) plays an outlaw who abducts an upper class Brit.

The Kids Are All Right, an adorably high - spirited romp from Laurel Canyon director Lisa Cholodenko, is an indie film (with glossy studio production values) about a suburban family standing up to a threat from without; plundering from Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, The Odd Couple and Meet the Parents, it's a classic Hollywood domestic comedy with a mischievous twist.

The odd couple set about rounding up some men (and a woman named Ella (Wilde, Tron: Legacy) of their own to track down their loved ones and put an end to the bizarre and dangerous newcomers who are no friend to the locals.

Wendell Pierce — who currently stars on CBS's The Odd Couple, but who will always be The Wire's Bunk Moreland in our hearts — has joined the cast of Amazon's Tom Clancy series Jack Ryan.

Think of it as a mix between «Starsky and Hutch» and «The Odd Couple», except it's raunchier and features some exciting car - chase scenes, staged with skill by Shepard himself, who also wrote and directed the film.

The odd couple pairing is almost too cute: the arthouse icon and the rising artist who could be her grandson.

Starlet, for those who don't know, is an odd couple tale about a young porn star who befriends an old woman she meets at a garage sale.

Crowe's physical intensity is impressive, but his airy voice is noticeably weak — odd, for an actor who has fronted a couple of rock bands.

If the «odd - couple» dynamic between Louisa and Will was your favorite part of Me Before You, don't miss The Rosie Project, last year's word - of - mouth hit that chronicled the romance between a professor who is logical to a fault and a whimsical, fun - loving bartender who comes to him for help finding her biological father.

The Odd Couple: Neil Simon's comedy about slovenly Oscar and finicky Felix, who - after driving their wives to divorce - try sharing an apartment as roommates.

The Odd Couple celebrates the union of artworks that live alongside each other in the collection; some who have shared quarters for decades, if not longer.

Art's elegantly besuited odd couple, who met at art school in 1967 and are known for works incorporating urine, blood and faeces, also have the honour of being the first nudes in the National Portrait Gallery where their self - portrait In The Piss went on display four years ago.