Nora Ephron__APOS__s autobiographical novel chronicling the breakup of her marriage to investigative journalist Carl Bernstein (ALL THE PRESIDENT__APOS__S MEN) is adapted for the big screen by director Mike Nichols and solidly acted by Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson. Rachel Samstat (Streep) is Ephron__APOS__s stand-in, a New York food writer who falls for and marries Washington political columnist Mark Forman (Nicholson) despite her initial misgivings. And it isn__APOS__t long before a second pregnancy, separate homes, and the return of Mark__APOS__s womanizing places a strain on the marriage that results in a bitter divorce and inspires Rachel__APOS__s cynical musings on the nature of love, sex, and relationships.
