Modern Romance (1981)

I often have a hard time appreciating Albert Brooks’s self-deprecating humor, yet for some reason I keep watching his films. Perhaps I should relate more to this film as here he repeatedly breaks up with his girlfriend Kathryn Harrold before almost immediately changing his mind and wanting to get back with her. His character is a neurotic, controlling mess and its hard to see what Harrold sees in him though there’s very little development into who her character is to make such judgment. There are a few rather funny scenes from his bad decision under the influence of Quaaludes to his misguided attempt to better himself by getting in shape. These outshine the rest of the questionable plot.