Top billed cast

1. 

   Paul Newman

   Sully Sullivan

2. 

   Bruce Willis

   Carl Roebuck

3. 

   Melanie Griffith

   Toby Roebuck

4. 

   Jessica Tandy

   Beryl Peoples

5. 

   Dylan Walsh

   Peter Sullivan

6. 

   Pruitt Taylor Vince

   Rub Squeers

7. 

   Gene Saks

   Wirf Wirfley

8. 

   Josef Sommer

   Clive Peoples Jr.

9. 

   Philip Seymour Hoffman

   Officer Raymer

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Reviews

A review by Peter McGinn

Written by Peter McGinn on 2020-08-12

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 ...read the rest

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10. Fun with Dick and Jane66%
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$20,000,000.00

Revenue
$39,491,975.00

Keywords

• small town
• illegal employment
• retirement
• new york state