Heartburn

"Sex. Love. Marriage. Some people don't know when to quit."

Jul 25 1986 R 1h 48m
Comedy, Drama

Rachel is a food writer at a New York magazine who meets Washington columnist Mark at a wedding and ends up falling in love with him despite her reservations about marriage. They buy a house, have a daughter, and Rachel thinks they are living happily ever after until she discovers that Mark is having an affair while she is waddling around with a second pregnancy.

Plot

An autobiographical look at the break-up of Screenwriter Nora Ephron's marriage to Carl "All the President's Men" Bernstein that was also a best-selling novel. The Ephron character, Rachel Samstat (Meryl Streep), is a food writer at a New York City magazine who meets Washington, D.C. columnist Mark Forman (Jack Nicholson) at a wedding and ends up falling in love with him despite her reservations about marriage. They buy a house, have a daughter, and Rachel thinks they are living happily ever after until she discovers that Mark is having an affair while she is waddling around with a second pregnancy.

Written by

Nora Ephron

Directed by

Mike Nichols

Cast

Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson, Jeff Daniels

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Paramount

Languages

English, Italiano

Awards

1 win & 3 nominations total

Trailers
Heartburn Trailer
Scores
# of Votes
13,219
Average Rating
6.1 out of 10
Metascore
49
Popularity
NA