Next Door Neihgbors Max Goldman (Matthau) and John Gustavson are two crotchety old fogies who love fishing,trading insults,and checking out women.When attractive Ariel (Ann Margret) moves into the house across the street,Max and John become all out enemies,stopping at nothing to win Ariel's affections.Full of great pranks like puttting dead fish in each other's cars,this movie is a perfect heartwarming comedy.And besidesJack Lemmon and Walter Matthau are in it!

Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau rank among the greatest on-screen duos of all time, and this movie is a great example of their brilliant chemistry. They're both very capable dramatic actors, and each has an Academy Award as proof, but their signature trademark will always be their comedic ability.

In this movie, Lemmon and Matthau play the roles of John and Max, respectively. John and Max have been next-door neighbors their whole lives, and though they have an extremely hostile love/hate relationship, they remain each other's best friend. Their hostility stems from decades before when John wound up marrying the girl they both loved. Both are now widowers who live alone in their separate houses, and a woman named Ariel (Ann-Margret) moves into the house across the street. Both men are immediately smitten by Ariel, and it leads to a rehashing of the same hostile feelings they once held for each other in their youth.

While the plot may seem like heavy material, it really isn't. The story is presented in a extremely touching yet light-hearted way. Both John and Max are extremely loveable, and the audience is made to feel sorry for them because both are lonely in their old age. The only flaw in this movie is in the plausability of Ariel actually having romantic feelings for either of these two men. She's a relatively young woman and energetic woman, and the fact that she has these two old men fighting for her attention doesn't seem quite believable.

Regardless, this is an excellent movie that I definitely recommend.

Hollywood screen legends Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau crack me up as I watch them play two Minnesota next door neigbours who have a bitter sweet feud relationship going on between themselves against a woman they love. The dialouge with Lemmon & Matthau they have real chemstryand it's a pure comedy going on herewhen their in a movie together!