THAT'S LIFE (1989) Lemon meringue

Jack Lemmon specialized in comedic roles with a dramatic edge and dramatic roles with a twist of humor. In THAT’S LIFE, directed by Blake Edwards. Jack plays a well-to-do Southern California architect turning 60 and suffering a late-midlife crisis that manifests itself both humorously and dramatically. This is a man who has everything – beautiful wife (Julie Andrews, real-life wife of Director Edwards, quietly going through her own, infinitely deeper crisis), a beautiful home, three successful kids (played by both Lemmon's and Andrews and Edwards' real kids), money and taste – and still he wants out because, he moans, "I just can’t cut it anymore.” This is a hard film to pigeonhole, sometimes melodramatic, often hilarious, always touching – and with issues familiar to us all. Thanks to Edwards’ deeply personal movie-making style, much of the dialogue sounds ad-libbed, and much of the cast is populated by the director's family and friends, to great benefit. This isn't a perfect movie, but it's a perfectly charming one made by grownups for grownups.