Made For Each Other (1971)

A neurotic struggling actress (Renee Taylor) and a womanizing man (Joseph Bologna) meet in an "Emergency Encounter Group". They come from drastically different backgrounds but their need to be loved brings them together despite the constant quarreling. Written by the film's stars, Taylor and Bologna, who had previously written LOVERS AND OTHER STRANGERS. The film's direction is credited to one Robert B. Bean, who has no other directing credits which fuels rumors that the film was actually directed by Bologna or Bologna and Taylor. I found the movie's first hour too broad and too contrived with everyone trying too hard to be funny. Then, a small miracle occurs in the film's second hour. While still a comedy, it gets serious and there's something poignant about these two bruised souls, a woman too desperate in her need to be loved and a man who fights against being in love who are so wrong for each other yet they fulfill a need in each other. If you can manage to get past that first hour, you'll be rewarded in the second half. With Olympia Dukakis, Paul Sorvino, Ron Carey, Peggy Pope, Louis Zorich and Despo Diamantidou.