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MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Language Movie Release: 1990 DVD Release: 06/01/2004 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Edition: Special Collection Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 41 mins Studio: Paramount Members Wishing: 0 Genres: Comedy Drama, Romantic Comedy, Marriage Drama, Domestic Comedy See Also: Funny About Love

The once-in-a-lifetime collaboration between star Gene Wilder and director Leonard Nimoy resulted in the charmingly haphazard and anachronistic Funny About Love. Wilder plays political cartoonist Duffy Bergman, who falls in love with much-younger Meg (Christine Lahti) during a book-signing session. Once married, the old "clash of careers" bugaboo arises: Meg wants to continue working as a chef in a fancy New York restaurant, while Duffy would prefer that she think about starting a family. When it seems as though Meg may be incapable of bearing children, the self-involved Duffy impregnates earthy college coed Daphne (Mary Stuart Masterson). How a happy ending can grow from this complication is a puzzlement. Funny About Love was based--extremely loosely--on a speech once delivered by Chicago Tribune columnist Bob Greene. The laughs tend to be sporadic, though Stephen Toblowsky scores high marks as a jocular fertility doctor. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Gene Wilder - Duffy Bergman
Christine Lahti - Meg Lloyd
Mary Stuart Masterson - Daphne Delillo
Robert Prosky - E. T
Anne Jackson - Adele Bergman
Stephen Tobolowsky - Dr. Hugo Blatt

Leonard Nimoy directs Gene Wilder, Mary Stuart Masterson, and Christine Lahti in the bittersweet comedy Funny About Love, which makes its debut on DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. English soundtracks are rendered in both Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby Digital Surround, while a French soundtrack has also been recorded in Dolby Digital Surround. English subtitles are accessible. There are no supplemental materials of any consequence, but this inexpensive disc does offer solid sound and picture quality. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide