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6.6/10 • 284

1993-01-291h 39m

Comedy

Lawrence Woolsey presents the end of civilization as we know it. Make that... Proudly Presents!

A showman introduces a small coastal town to a unique movie experience and capitalizes on the Cuban Missile crisis hysteria with a kitschy horror extravaganza combining film effects, stage props and actors in rubber suits in this salute to the B-movie.

Directors
Joe Dante
Editors
Marshall Harvey

Top Billed Cast

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  1. John Goodman

    John Goodman

    Lawrence Woolsey

  2. Cathy Moriarty

    Cathy Moriarty

    Ruth Corday / Carole

  3. Simon Fenton

    Simon Fenton

    Gene Loomis

  4. Omri Katz

    Omri Katz

    Stan

  5. Lisa Jakub

    Lisa Jakub

    Sandra

  6. Kellie Martin

    Kellie Martin

    Sherry

  7. Jesse Lee Soffer

    Jesse Lee Soffer

    Dennis Loomis

  8. Lucinda Jenney

    Lucinda Jenney

    Anne Loomis

  9. James Villemaire

    James Villemaire

    Harvey Starkweather

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r96sk

May 22, 2023

5/10

A bore! John Goodman almost saves 'Matinee', he's good, but not quite. I personally didn't care for the characters of Key West and their stories, especially the parts with those portrayed by Kellie Martin, Omri Katz and James Villemaire. The story shoots off into quite a few directions, but I was genuinely not into any of it apart from the scenes with Goodman's Woolsey. The 'film within a film', 'Mant!', is great though - it actually amused me a fair bit, which was a stark contrast to what the real comedy (or lack thereof) achieved. I appreciate what it was going for, but I just didn't dig the vast majority of it unfortunately.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
$9,532,895.00
Keywords
floridacold warmilitary basefilm in filmcuban missile crisis1960skey westbomb shelterfilm directorteenage protagonist