"Barefoot In The Park" is, as has been mentioned a zillion time below, Neil Simon's adaptation of his stage play, starring Robert Redford (in the role he created on Broadway) and Jane Fonda (brought in for "star" power).

I am not as enamored as the other reviewers...I don't have the natural affinity for the material that they seem to have.

I think it's still pretty "stagy" and has not aged as well as many of the other films from the period (1967).
I agree that it's a total kick watching young acting masters like Redford and Fonda in their early phase; it's like watching young colts learn how to gallop. They don't quite have the polish and presence they would soon have, but it's kinda exciting to watch them get there.
Mildred Natwick and Charles Boyer are superlative in their supporting roles...they don't waste a line.

A funny thing happened while I was watching this movie.

I really really didn't like either one of the main characters. At all. A half hour into the movie I could have cared less about either of them...
...and then, without me realizing it, I needed to know how this film was going to end! I ignored some of the flat lines; the plot contrivances didn't seem so contrived...
...I was fully engaged by the end credits. Happily.

I think this will be a nice little surprise to fans of 60s films who haven't yet familiarized themselves with the early careers of either Redford or Fonda.

The disc itself has a decent if not eye-popping picture, and the sound seems to have been cleaned up. There are some great shots of NYC that are not almost 40 years old...

If this means anything, when I started the review, I gave this film three stars, but as I finished writing this little blurb, I had to go back and bump it up one. I've become quite fond of this little film.

Neil Simon's Broadway success brought to the big screen.

Yep, I enjoyed this movie when it first came out. I could relate to the newly weds as many people start out in similar environments. This movie version of the play has spoiled me to the point that other attempts at "Barefoot in the Park" fall short of my expectations.

A part that I thought was funny but had no relationship to, was the "little pink pills" that Corie's mother (Mildred Natwick) had to take to handle the rich food and drink environment. Now I take little pink pills.

Does this mean that I am destined to end up in the Hotel National in Mexico City?

Neil Simon is a master storyteller and has such an amazing way of creating complexity out of simple characters. I found this film to be one of his better stories.

This movie is timeless and for anyone nostalgic for the 60's it is a walk down memory lane. The story is found in the relationship between two young people who marry and move into a Greenwich apartment. Both the apartment and the relationship need a bit of work and throughout the movie the characters strive for a better living arrangement.

Robert Redford is a bit stiff in his role as the serious lawyer husband to Jane Fonda's perky and ever curious wife. Together they are a mismatch that somehow works or at least you hope it will. The scenes are deeply written with lots of twists and turns and comedic outlets to maintain the viewer's interest. The funniest parts of the story arrive during the scenes with Fonda's mother, Mildred Natwick, and their Hungarian neighbor, Charles Boyer. Opposites attract from all angles and Simon's writing brings all of the mismatches together with an interesting flair.

If you love New York, Redford, Simon or Fonda or just a great old love story with a few laughs this film is for you. So kick off your shoes and enjoy this walk in the park!

Barefoot in the Park is one of my favorite movies, I taped it when it was shown in Letterbox Widescreen on TCM and when I get around to it I'm going to buy it on DVD. This is a very charming movie and has a wonderful cast! Jane Fonda is absolutely charming as spunky, fun-loving newlywed Bride Corrie Bratter and Robert Redford is very good as her uptight husband Paul but also good are Mildred Natwick as Corrie's mother and Charles Boyer as eccentric neighbor Victor Velasco and I highly recommend this charming movie!

My two favorite Jane Fonda movies are "Sunday In New York" and this one. Redford & Fonda are super. Great soundtrack.