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08/12/1993 Mystery, Drama, Comedy 1h 52m
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For Paul, every person is a new door to a new world.

Overview

The story of a young, gay, black, con artist who, posing as the son of Sidney Poitier, cunningly maneuvers his way into the lives of a white, upper-class New York family.

  1. Fred Schepisi

    Director

  2. John Guare

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Stockard Channing

    Ouisa

  2. Will Smith

    Paul

  3. Donald Sutherland

    Flan

  4. Ian McKellen

    Geoffrey

  5. Mary Beth Hurt

    Kitty

  6. Bruce Davison

    Larkin

  7. Richard Masur

    Dr. Fine

  8. Anthony Michael Hall

    Trent

  9. Heather Graham

    Elizabeth

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Reviews

A review by Filipe Manuel Neto
Written by Filipe Manuel Neto on 2022-12-25
**A play, transported to the cinema, continues to be a play, even if it is an intelligent and well-made play.**

Based on a theatrical play, this film makes an interesting mix between comedy and sharp and blunt social criticism by allowing a very rich couple from New York to be very easily deceived by a tramp who, using the right knowledge, manages to enter and sleep at their house.

Despite not being perfect, and being a reasonably still film, dependent on dialogues that never seem to end, the film works quite well if we are open to giving it the opportunity it asks of us. It is not, howe...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$15,000,000.00

Revenue
$6,284,090.00

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