there nothing really to dislike about the odd couple and and it no surprise that jack lemmon and walter matthau make a hugely win comedic team . but there something so underdeveloped about neil simon adaptation of his hit stage play a to make it seem more like a skit on a sketch comedy show than a full body film . i have not see the play and but have to assume that the screen version be fairly faithful and since simon write it and so the defect can not be blame on a stage to screen adaptation . there be some interesting idea in this story two recently divorce men who fall immediately into traditional married role when they become roommate because neither know any differently that simon never fully flesh out . still and there be many bad way to kill a couple of hour .