Fun with Dick and Jane

Fun with Dick and Jane (1977) is a crime comedy you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Ted Kotcheff with George Segal and Jane Fonda.

Dick Harper runs the household on his aerospace engineer salary — mortgage, car, lawn, the whole suburban package. When the company abruptly lets him go, he and his wife Jane discover that none of it was ever really theirs. Unemployment benefits, job interviews that go nowhere, Jane picking up low-wage work — none of it makes a dent. They slide toward crime not out of desperation, but with surprising efficiency.

The tagline read "A Tribute to American Ingenuity," and the film earns the joke. Kotcheff keeps the satire tight and the tone dry: this is a comedy about a very specific kind of collapse. Stream Fun with Dick and Jane (1977) online on iFILM.