Heartburn

Screenwriter Nora Ephron and director Mike Nichols make an easy--if unsurprising--cinematic match with this dryly-wrought comedy-drama about a sensible lady (typecast Meryl Streep) marrying a known womanizer (typecast Jack Nicholson) who is unable to change his wandering ways after the... Full review

Like a good relationship that goes sour, "Heartburn" is impossible to love but hard to write off entirely. Despite its fine cast and script by Nora Ephron, the film is disjointed and, ultimately, dishonest. Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson play two... Full review

Watch a great cast tell a story with just the expressions on their faces, notice the unspoken moment they realize something, feel uncomfortable, or are frustrated. The middle-aged couple starts out happy and hopeful; then like in real life, something goes... Full review

A Washington political columnist marries a New York food writer. Directed by Mike Nicholas. From the Nora Ephron book. Staring Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson, Maureen Staplton.... Full review

I can watch this movie over and over again and will never get tired of it.Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson at their best! I originally loved the book as well.The ups and downs of a marriage juggling carreers,pregnancy,adulterous spouses,social events... Full review

Nicholson works his magic again with a poor script and 'b' actors. Another "save" in Jack's column. What can't he do with a camera and an audience that is anything less than brilliant.... Full review

Heartburn (1986) Streep costars with the great Jack Nicholson in an adaptation of Nora Ephron's same-named memoir concerning the breakup of her marriage to journalist Carl Bernstein. Streep once again turns in an effective performance and it is to Ephron's... Full review

Very enjoyable, mostly. Mature direction by Oscar- (and Tony-) winning director Mike Nichols. Mega-stars in their prime, Jack Nicholson & Meryl Streep deliver fine performances in roles derived from the semi- autobiographical tale of satirist Nora Ephron's turbulent marriage with Washington... Full review

Let's face it, these aren't the two most likable people on the planet, but that's only because writer Nora Ephron may have been a little too hard on herself. (Actually, she's hard on most everyone in this.) We care about... Full review

Heartburn is probably classified as a "chick flick", but I don't care. It is a very good story about real people living in the real world. I'm sure there are many men out there that would probably fall asleep during... Full review

The film is rounded out by a fantastic supporting cast, including Stockard Channing, Richard Masur, Milos Forman, Catherine O'Hara, and Jeff Daniels. Heartburn was initially marketed as a comedy/drama, but much of the humor is far too dry and subtle for a mainstream audience and the film rarely earns more than a chuckle. ... Full Review

Heartburn traces Rachels intellectual progression from being the second smartest person in a bad marriage to the smartest person in a bad marriage, which, really Ephrons script for Heartburn is based on her novel, in turn based on her life and her tumultuous marriage to former Washington Post reporter Carl Bernstein. ... Full Review

I had the strangest feeling that " Heartburn " ended just when it was starting to get interesting. Here is the story of two people with no chemistry, played by two actors with great chemistry. Streep seems dowdy and querulous. ... Full Review

Sony Photo Working with stale ingredients Such is the shallowness of the heroine in Julie & Julia that it's hard not to think writer-director Nora Ephron must hold young women in contempt. ... Full Article

They were obviously trying to do something grand here. The big names parade past as the movie opens: Streep. Nicholson. Nichols. This was high concept adult entertainment back when a major movie event wasn't Tobey Maguire and a Burger King... ... Full Article

Though she always played coy about the fact in interviews, Nora Ephron's novel Heartburn is a thinly disguised "a clef" rehash of her marriage to Washington Post reporter Carl Bernstein. ... Full Article

Though she always played coy about the fact in interviews, Nora Ephron's novel Heartburn is a thinly disguised "a clef" rehash of her marriage to Washington Post reporter Carl Bernstein. ... Full Article

The backstory of Heartburn is infinitely more interesting than its reality: Jack Nicholson took the role after shooting had begun, after Mandy Patinkin was fired for not being funny enough. ... Full Article