That's Life! – So ist das Leben (1986)

That’s Life! – So ist das Leben: Directed by Blake Edwards. With Jack Lemmon, Julie Andrews, Sally Kellerman, Robert Loggia. A wealthy yet depressed architect and his sympathetic wife strive to conquer their life issues in anticipation of Harvey Fairchild’s (Jack Lemmon’s) 60th birthday party.

“There are some movies you just get a good feeling about, and this (for me) is one of them. In every comment Iu0026#39;ve read here, though, no one mentioned the scene between Julie Andrews and Emma Walton, who are mother and daughter in real life and in the movie. Emmau0026#39;s character has just broken up with her boyfriend, and she spends the whole weekend in a bad mood until she finally breaks down crying and must be comforted by Julieu0026#39;s character. Lifetime channel, take note: sappy mother-daughter scenes work out best when you: 1-get real-life mother-daughter pairs and 2-let the mother (regardless of whether #1 is true or not) just speak from her heart. Thatu0026#39;s what Blake Edwards had enough sense to do, and it makes for one of the most touching mother-daughter scenes ever. Granted, Blake Edwards actually lived with these two people, so he may have had a better knowledge of their relationship and what would work, but most older actresses are mothers and could probably be capable of something similar. The rest of the film is great as well, with great performances all around, and a hilarious rambling from Jack at the beginning while he describes to Julie how his day at work went. This is the first movie that made my laugh and cry simultaniously (when Jack says he wanted to u0026quot;bicycle himself to deathu0026quot;), and for that and the scene between Julie and Emma, watch this movie. Itu0026#39;s way better than the box office will lead you to believe.”