This gets dark and cringey and isn't really a romantic comedy at all. It's hard to see why anyone would want to be with Grodin's character, but the darkness works overall, even though I still say it should have had more to the ending i.e.) a scene where either he or Shepherd gets second thoughts when the other isn't what they expected. Apparently this was filmed but cut and that's a shame because it would have been a nice circular coda.
Review of The Heartbreak Kid
