Herb Edelman’s Typical Vibe
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Herb Edelman has 7 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1960s through the 1980s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by The Odd Couple.
Recurring themes

The Goodbye Girl
1977
Comedy · Drama

A Drama of Jealousy (and other things)
1970
Comedy · Drama

The King of the Street Cleaners
1977
Comedy · Romance

Minnie and Moskowitz
1971
Romance · Drama

Office Romance
1977
Comedy · Romance

The Toy
1976
Comedy · Drama

Car Wash
1976
Comedy · Drama

10
1979
Comedy · Romance

In New York, Felix, a neurotic news writer who just broke up with his wife, is urged by his chaotic friend Oscar, a sports journalist, to move in with him, but their lifestyles are as different as night and day are, so Felix's ideas about housekeeping soon begin to irritate Oscar.
Dir. Gene Saks · With Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, John Fiedler

Ruthless Chicago newspaper editor Walter Burns resorts to dubious motives in order to get top reporter Hildy Johnson to cover one more big crime story before retirement.
Dir. Billy Wilder · With Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Susan Sarandon

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

Cousins Thomas and David, owners of a mobile restaurant, team up with their friend Moby, a bumbling private detective, to save the beautiful Sylvia, a pickpocket.
Dir. Sammo Hung Kam-Bo · With Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, Yuen Biao

When George Tanner does business with high-ranking Yakuza Tono, Tono kidnaps his daughter, and George summons his old friend, private eye Harry Kilmer, to Japan to investigate.
Dir. Sydney Pollack · With Robert Mitchum, Ken Takakura, Eiji Okada

Opposites attract when, during their college days, Katie Morosky, a politically active Jew, meets Hubbell Gardiner, a feckless WASP. Years later, in the wake of World War II, they meet once again and, despite their obvious differences, attempt to make their love for each other work.
Dir. Sydney Pollack · With Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford, Bradford Dillman
The misadventures of four groups of guests at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
Dir. Herbert Ross · With Jane Fonda, Alan Alda, Maggie Smith
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