lenny cantrow and lila kolodny be a newlywed jewish couple . during their honeymoon in florida he meet this tall blonde and kelly and and realize he make a terrible mistake . now he want to have an instant divorce and get together with this attractive gentile . another problem be the girl father who can not stand this guy . elaine may and the former sidekick of mike nichols be the director of the heartbreak kid ( 1972 ) . it writer be bruce jay friedman ( story ) and neil simon ( screenplay ) . what a wonderful and funny comedy this be . charles grodin do a performance of a lifetime a lenny . same thing with jeannie berlin a lila and who elaine may daughter . cybill shepherd portrays kelly corcoran in a memorable way . and so do eddie albert a her father . audra lindley be wonderful a her mother . doris roberts do a small role a mrs. cantrow . grodin character be somewhat likable even though he act like a real jerk . you can not help but feel sorry for this man . i mean and this gorgeous college girl want him . but still and what he do be wrong . leave his wife and his beautiful and sweet wife like that be just wrong . but in the last image of the film you can see some kind of regret on the man face . he just marry kelly and he start hum close to you and that be play on his wedding with lila . this movie make me laugh several time . like the time lenny lay out all his card for kelly dad want to marry his daughter . guess twice how the old man feel about that . the heartbreak kid be a real treat . everybody should see it .