A Thurberesque New Yorker (Jack Lemmon) going blind acquires a wife (Barbara Harris), three children, a dog and a drinking partner (Jason Robards). And what he learns will touch his heart hard.
[W]hat differentiates [The War Between Men and Women] from the Knocked Ups of the world is how uproarious the funny parts get, in part because they're so daringly nasty, and how authentic and well-earned the ending seems by comparison.