Modern Romance is a 1981 American romantic comedy film directed by and starring Albert Brooks,[2] who also co-wrote the script with Monica Mcgowan Johnson.

Robert breaks off their relationship only to find that modern romance isn't as easy as it seems, and the people you love might be the ones you constantly hurt the most.

Bruno Kirby co-stars as Jay, Robert's co-worker and confidant, and Brooks' brother Bob Einstein, best known as hapless daredevil Super Dave Osborne, plays a pushy salesman at a sporting goods store.

He would later return the favor by casting Albert in his Academy Award-nominated role of Aaron Altman in Broadcast News.

The site's critical consensus states: "Modern Romance contains all the hallmarks of Albert Brooks' best work: darkly funny, confrontational, and chock full of pithy observations about human behavior.