Taglines: Everyone has a biological clock. Duffy Bergman’s is about to go off.
Funny About Love movie storyline. When Duffy Bergman, a New York cartoonist, meets Meg Lloyd, a gourmet chef, he discovers the love of his life and they marry — yet love alone isn’t enough to make them happy. Meg decides she wants to have a baby, a goal that initially makes Duffy frantic, but soon becomes his most important desire as well. When they are unable to have a baby, Meg begins concentrating on her career and the two slowly drift apart — eventually separating.
Later, when Duffy is speaking at a convention of the Delta Gamma sorority, he reveals that the Delta Gamma girls have always been his dream girls — his Love Goddesses. There he meets the young and uninhibited Delta Gamma girl, Daphne Delillo. When Daphne moves to New York to work as a network sports reporter, their mutual attraction and Daphne’s spontaneity spark an adventurous new relationship for Duffy. Now Duffy must decide which is more valuable to him — the relationship he has given up, or the relationship he has always dreamed of having.
Funny About Love is a 1990 American romantic comedy film directed by Leonard Nimoy and starring Gene Wilder. With a screenplay by Norman Steinberg and David Frankel, the film is based on the article “Convention of the Love Goddesses” in Esquire Magazine by Bob Greene.
About the Story
New York cartoonist Duffy Bergman marries gourmet chef Meg Lloyd. Meg wants to have a baby. Duffy agrees, but after unsuccessful attempts, Duffy encourages her to focus on her career and come back to the child issue later. After his mother’s death, however, Duffy becomes fixated on wanting to have a child. Meg no longer sees this as a priority, as she’s trying to open her own restaurant. The two start to have marital problems, leading to a separation.
Duffy travels to Arizona to speak at a Delta Gamma sorority convention. He explains that the Delta Gammas have always been his dream girls—his Love Goddesses. There he meets the much younger Daphne Delillo, and when she moves to New York to work as a network sports reporter, their attraction develops into a relationship. Daphne becomes pregnant. Duffy is happy to father a child, but uncomfortable with how fast this relationship is progressing. When she has a miscarriage, Daphne breaks up with him, believing that they were really staying in the relationship for the baby.
At his father’s wedding, Duffy hears news about Meg and decides to go to her restaurant. He tries to reconcile with her, insisting that he doesn’t care if they remain childless as long as he can be with her. Duffy discovers that Meg has adopted a baby boy.
Funny About Love (1990)
Directed by: Leonard Nimoy
Starring: Gene Wilder, Christine Lahti, Mary Stuart Masterson, Robert Prosky, Stephen Tobolowsky, Anne Jackson, Susan Ruttan, Tara Shannon, Freda Foh Shen, Wendie Malick
Screenplay by: Norman Steinberg, David Frankel
Production Design by: Stephen Storer
Cinematography by: Fred Murphy
Film Editing by: Peter E. Berger
Costume Design by: Albert Wolsky
Set Decoration by: Cloudia Rebar, Sharon Viljoen
Art Direction by: Nathan Haas
Music by: Miles Goodman
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures
Release Date: September 21, 1990
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