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  • 2007
  • R
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 44 m
  • 2007
  • R
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 44 m

Summary Ira and Abby is a sweet, hilarious, and slightly subversive romantic comedy. It examines the issues of marriage, monogamy, and whether "I do" is the only path to lifelong love and happiness. Ira Black is brilliant, neurotic, Jewish, and has so many issues he can't fit them into 12 years of analysis. Abby Willoughby is a free spirit who ...

Directed By: Robert Cary

Written By: Jennifer Westfeldt

  • 2007
  • R
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 44 m
  • 2007
  • R
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 44 m

Ira & Abby

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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Summary Ira and Abby is a sweet, hilarious, and slightly subversive romantic comedy. It examines the issues of marriage, monogamy, and whether "I do" is the only path to lifelong love and happiness. Ira Black is brilliant, neurotic, Jewish, and has so many issues he can't fit them into 12 years of analysis. Abby Willoughby is a free spirit who ...

Directed By: Robert Cary

Written By: Jennifer Westfeldt

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
62
67% Positive
10 Reviews
27% Mixed
4 Reviews
7% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
62
67% Positive
10 Reviews
27% Mixed
4 Reviews
7% Negative
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80
Not only delightfully funny but unaffectedly romantic.
By J.R. Jones FULL REVIEW
75
Works its way under your skin, and then into your heart.
By Steven Rea FULL REVIEW
75
Isn't as sharply directed as "Jessica Stein," but it's still a formidable crowd-pleaser.
By Lou Lumenick FULL REVIEW
70
This round-robin of marital malaise has a lot more integrity than one might anticipate from its meet-cute beginnings.
By Jan Stuart FULL REVIEW
67
It's still a mixed bag with a lot of cutesy awfulness to wade through, but the acerbic ending is enough of a punchline to suggest that Westfeldt understands what a joke this kind of film can be.
By Tasha Robinson FULL REVIEW
50
Starts off deliriously, is derailed into reality, and finally settles into something in between.
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38
A stale rehash of Woody Allen-style "he's a neurotic Jew, she's a flaky shiksa" gags.
By Maitland McDonagh FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Breakout Pictures, Team Todd
Release Date Sep 14, 2007
Duration 1 h 44 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes therapy.
Website http://www.iraandabby.com/
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Awards

US Comedy Arts Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Los Angeles Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Boston Jewish Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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