This is a very strange and funny movie. I found that though I had likely seen it before because I always liked Walter Matthau movies that it was really hard to watch the first hour or so for a variety of reasons here in 2026 because so much has changed since then.
At the time it likely was a breakthrough movie regarding women's rights and how rich men could be then but likely you would see a man more like this in England as an English Lord than you would see someone like this in the U.S. even in New England on the Atlantic ocean.
So, for me (as of 1971) it isn't believable really for me. However, if you think of people who were 35 to 45 years old in 1965 this could actually happen but not likely by 1971. So, this is why it is a breakthrough movie and nominated for many many awards because it is a really fine performance by Walter Mathau and Elaine may. In Fact, Elaine may is still alive according to the Internet.
So, if you want to see a breakthrough funny and strange movie from 1971 this is one of the strangest and strangely funniest ones from that era. But, just remember these are people from an entirely different era than now which would be more normal for very rich Trust fund babies in the 1930s and 1940s but not children who grew up like me in the 1950s. This is what you have to understand about this. I grew up in California where something like this would be impossible to still happen in 1971 in Southern California. But maybe in the northeast with trust fund babies from the 1930s it could?
by the way I rented this on Prime for I think $3.99 to see it late last night.
begin quote regarding A New Leaf(1971) with Elaine May and Walter Matthau
- Golden Globe Awards: Nominated for Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical.
- Golden Globe Awards: Nominated for Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical (Elaine May).
- Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium (Elaine May).
- National Film Registry (2019): Selected by the Library of Congress for preservation for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
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