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6.9/10 • 318

1994-12-231h 50m

DramaComedy

In a town where nothing ever happens... everything is about to happen to Sully.

A rascally nearing-retirement man juggles a workers' compensation suit while secretly working for his nemesis and flirting with his nemesis' young wife. As his estranged son returns, he faces new family responsibilities, while a banker plots to evict him from his home.

Directors
Robert Benton
Editors
John Bloom

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  1. Paul Newman

    Paul Newman

    Sully Sullivan

  2. Bruce Willis

    Bruce Willis

    Carl Roebuck

  3. Melanie Griffith

    Melanie Griffith

    Toby Roebuck

  4. Jessica Tandy

    Jessica Tandy

    Beryl Peoples

  5. Dylan Walsh

    Dylan Walsh

    Peter Sullivan

  6. Pruitt Taylor Vince

    Pruitt Taylor Vince

    Rub Squeers

  7. Gene Saks

    Gene Saks

    Wirf Wirfley

  8. Josef Sommer

    Josef Sommer

    Clive Peoples Jr.

  9. Philip Seymour Hoffman

    Philip Seymour Hoffman

    Officer Raymer

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Peter McGinn

Aug 12, 2020

9/10

This is one of those classic films I would never put on a ten-best movie list, but I do include it in my ten favorite comedy movie list. (Favoritisms, not Best.) I read the book it is based on, written by Richard Russo. I thought the first half of the book was great, with witty dialogue, some of which is in the movie. But the second half of the book dragged for me. Not so with the movie. They didn’t take their ending to the same place, and I can’t fault that choice. Paul Newman is effortlessly great in this, and he has a superb supporting cast. Jessica Tandy, Melanie Griffith and Bruce Willis head up the ensemble cast. They even have a young Philip Seymour Hoffman, in my opinion one of the best actors ever at disappearing into a role. And since it fun to have a movie take place in New England that isn’t a Stephen King story?! You know, the thing about writing reviews on these great movies from the past is that it makes me want to see them again.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$20,000,000.00
Revenue
$39,491,975.00
Keywords
small townillegal employmentretirementnew york state