Nora Ephron*#39;s auto**ographical novel chronicling the *reakup of her marriage to investigative jo**nalist Carl *ernstein (ALL THE PRESIDENT*#39;S MEN) is adapted for the **g screen *y director Mike Nichols and solidly acted *y Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson. Rachel Samstat (Streep) is Ephron*#39;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*#39;t long *efore a second pregnancy, separate homes, and the ret**n of Mark*#39;s womanizing places a strain on the marriage that results in a **tter divorce and inspires Rachel*#39;s cynical musings on the nat**e of love, ***, and relationships.