Charles Grodin has never been better than in this starmaking performance as sporting goods salesman and all-around schmuck Lenny Cantrow, who leaves his new wife (Jeannie Berlin) during their honeymoon to pursue the shiksa of his dreams, the midwestern blonde Kelly Corcoran (Cybill Shepherd). A bracing and hilarious comedy of discomfort, The Heartbreak Kid is the product of three great creative talents, with the genius director Elaine May working from a screenplay by Neil Simon and Bruce Jay Friedman.