The Heartbreak Kid is a 1972 American romantic black comedy film directed by Elaine May and written by Neil Simon, starring Charles Grodin, Cybill Shepherd, Jeannie Berlin, Audra Lindley, Eddie Albert and Doris Roberts. It is based on the short story "A Change of Plan", written by Bruce Jay Friedman and first published in Esquire in 1966.

Plot

In New York City, emotionally shallow, self-absorbed sporting goods salesman named Lenny Cantrow finds himself in an awkward situation with a girlfriend named Lila Kolodny when he attempts to make love to her. Lila, an earnest young woman who expects long-term emotional commitment from Lenny, declares herself chaste until marriage. Stymied by her resistance, Lenny hastily weds her in a traditional Jewish ceremony and they head to Miami Beach for the honeymoon. Freed from the shackles of her abstinence, Lila becomes precocious which sets Lenny aback. Lenny makes love to her numerous times on the way down to Miami and finds himself repulsed and disappointed with his decision to marry.