spoilersin the word of jean paul sartre and hell be other people . in the odd couple and jack lemmon and walter matthau demonstrate just how accurate this can be . a felix ungar and oscar madison and lemmon and matthau respectively create two good friend who decide to live together . a the two begin to slowly grow more and more frustrated with each other and the laugh come thick and fast and before felix departs and leave oscar a change and more cleanly individual . jack lemmon a ungar be absolutely superb a the neurotic and clean obsessed divorcee cop with life a a single man . walter matthau in contrast to lemmon character be equally as good a the slobbish sport writer who simply want to play poker to earn money for his child benefit . lemmon and matthau be magnificant in their select part and to some degree dependent upon the beautiful script by neil simon and and simultaneously because they work well a a team . a two friend who be inherently different in lifestyle and although similar in relationship with ex wife and child and these two and late and great actor create a partnership which be practically impossible to recreate . so great in fact and that the world scream out so much for something similar and that two year before matthau death and three before lemmon and the character be reunite in an inferior sequel . this idea and whilst follow hollywood irritate obsession with sequel and might have work to a certain degree and but at the same time and it could never come close to replicate the genius of this original film . ultimately it not really possible to say anything else . with simon amazing script and fill with humour and laughter and the creator of this film be already onto a hit . the casting of jack lemmon and walter matthau a felix ungar and oscar madison though and be the most important part of this film . the odd couple and with it traditional soundtrack ( which even gain a tribute in the simpson ) and it excellent script and it genius lead men and be a tribute to cinema and a feature for history to remember .