Barefoot in the Park

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Barefoot in the Park

G

1967

1h 46m

Comedy

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In this film based on a Neil Simon play, newlyweds Corie (Jane Fonda), a free spirit, and Paul Bratter (Robert Redford), an uptight lawyer, share a sixth-floor apartment in Greenwich Village. Soon after their marriage, Corie tries to find a companion for her mother, Ethel (Mildred Natwick), who is now alone, and sets up Ethel with neighbor Victor (Charles Boyer). Inappropriate behavior on a double date causes conflict, and the young couple considers divorce.

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Critics Consensus

Barefoot in the Park may strike some modern viewers as dated, but what it lacks in timeliness, it more than makes up with the effervescent chemistry between its stars.

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Pauline Kael

The New Yorker

Jul 6, 2022

You can still feel the stage origins of this material and the director, Gene Saks, leaves pauses for laughs that don’t come. But, at least, it’s livelier than Fonda’s 1966 picture Any Wednesday.

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Wanda Hale

New York Daily News

May 2, 2022

4/4

Gene Saks, an excellent comedy director, is skilled and imaginative, and his players are responsive to his suggestions for getting the most from humorous lines and situations.

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Elston Brooks

Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com

May 2, 2022

Barefoot in the Park, a comic delight on the stage, is at least three times funnier on the screen, and has to rank with How to Succeed as the best movie comedy of the year.

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Zita Short

InSession Film

Feb 3, 2023

When you find yourself wanting to spend less time with the central couple, and don’t have that much to say about the on-screen depiction of their marriage, it’s a clear sign that this film didn’t work as a romance...

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Lee Steele

Toledo Blade

Jul 1, 2022

Barefoot in the Park has much to recommend it, especially the revealingly human scenes that demonstrate only too well how simple it is for a tender moment to disintegrate into tension.

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John Bustin

Austin American-Statesman

May 2, 2022

Just about everything Barefoot in the Park is right, though, and it all works together to provide a wonderful evening, refredshingly free the leering, double-entendre brand of sex farce but refreshingly witty in its humor.

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Stephen C

@dogfood23111 1 day ago

This movie is rated G.

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Robert P

@Superbad Sep 7, 2026

Barefoot in the Park = a *4* star movie!

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David K

@RT61474040 Aug 2, 2026

Often cited is the chemistry between the two leads in early roles - Jane Fonda and Robert Redford. True, but the overall comedy level is on par with average 60's rom coms. The title song is essential. Worth a watch.

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Pipe Smoking L

@RT92467537 Jul 11, 2026

It literally happens! This movie is teeming with irony... Made for you mom and grandma to bond over before they start fighting over things that happened again over 30 years ago! Robert Redford acts kind of like a man. And says stuff. Jane Fonda wears clothes. An interesting, mid 20th Century old-style apartment upstages everyone.

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Rag T.

@Ragtag61 Jan 17, 2026

Those that state the movie is dated must not appreciate movies older than them. Every movie can be considered dated after its release. This is a classic Neil Simon story that film buffs will enjoy.

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Kaloyan L

@RT34436660 Oct 9, 2025

An accurate for the time, but different from todays' standards, representation of the needs and reactions of a woman. However an accurate to this day example of how man can go wild for the woman they love.

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Synopsis

In this film based on a Neil Simon play, newlyweds Corie (Jane Fonda), a free spirit, and Paul Bratter (Robert Redford), an uptight lawyer, share a sixth-floor apartment in Greenwich Village. Soon after their marriage, Corie tries to find a companion for her mother, Ethel (Mildred Natwick), who is now alone, and sets up Ethel with neighbor Victor (Charles Boyer). Inappropriate behavior on a double date causes conflict, and the young couple considers divorce.

Director: Gene Saks
Producer: Hal B. Wallis
Screenwriter: Neil Simon
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Paramount Pictures, Hal Wallis Productions
Rating: G
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 25, 1967, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 21, 2010
Runtime: 1h 46m

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