Heartburn [1986]

This movie was selected mostly based on the horror of the idea of Jack Nicholson in a romantic comedy and with Meryl Streep of all people. There are a bunch of other famous people in this movie too like Catherine O'Hara, Jeff Daniels, and Stockard Channing. So how's the film? Honestly, this is the most weirdly bland film. It feels like it has almost no tension, no climax, and no real theme (unless the "Itsy Bitsy Spider" song at the end was a hint). 

The plot is this: couple meets at a wedding, has a date and sex, gets married in what is a second marriage for both of them, they buy a crappy house, she gets pregnant and gives birth, she gets pregnant again, he cheats on her, she leaves him, her wedding ring gets stolen in a stick-up, they get back together, they break up again. Roll credits. That's it.

Maybe the world's most boring script, needed the famous names. Either way, we only laughed at the absurdity of this film, particularly the sudden rolling of credits and the idea that anyone would be immediately into Jack Nicholson.

Spoon Rating: 2