Movie Reviews for Writers: The Owl and the Pussycat

Let’s just start by admitting I’m not sure how this rom-com ’70s romp stayed off my radar for so long unless it has something to do with the fact that I simply wasn’t a fan of Barbara Streisand. Still, I should never have let that stop me. This flick is a delightful, amoral good time between a hoity-toity lit snob writer with no real life to speak of and a carefree on-again-off-again prostitute with the life she wants at any given moment but no livelihood to speak of. You can see the third act coming clearly from that description, I’m sure, but that doesn’t nullify the journey to get there. 

Felix is a stuffed shirt of a writer who would rather spend time parsing metaphors than living his life. In a moment of genuine feeling (rage, sadly) he gets the annoying Doris kicked out of her apartment, and when she realizes who is responsible, she shows up and returns the favor, beginning their oil and water, Odd Couple forced time together. Along the way, Felix learns that he needs life moments, not just imagination and technique, to create books people might actually want to read.

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