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Summary: One Great Movie
Review: I don't know about the reviewer from georgia, but this movie had me in stiches. If good entertainment is what your looking for this is it
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Summary: I've seen it 5 or 6 times over the years
Review: I love this movie. It's funny, the cast is perfect. I thought the party scene was priceless!! Saw it on TV about a month ago, and if it was on today I'd watch it again.
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Summary: Paul Mazursky...The best director of the 80's
Review: In this movie, Paul Mazursky re-tells the story from the orignal french film "Boudu Saved from Drowning" in modern day sense. The result is a masterpiece of comedy film making. But it's not just a comedy, it has deeper meaning, too. Dave Whitman is faced with the problems of everyday world. The only meaning is his life is his business, which is coat hangers. He has a lot of stress, worring about money and his business. And then, suddenly, a bum tries to drown himself in his backyard, and it's the best thing thats ever happened to him. He finally forgets about stress, money, and all the things that were involved in hectic life. But Jerry, the bum (Nick Nolte), doesn't just change Dave's life. No, no, he changes the whole family, including their dog. Max, Dave's son, has a problem expressing his sexuallity. But when Jerry see's him putting on lipstick, Jerry talks to Max and tells him to talk to his father man to man. Then theres Carmen, the maid/housekeeper, who he changes from a soap-opera addic to a political radical. Then theres Jerrys wife. Shes uptight, and is too stressed out. She hires guros yogi instructors to help her with her stress and anger and it does nothing. But then, Jerry shows her some massage tecniques that turn her from a woman over consumed with life to a completely careless stress free entity. So Dave finds out that you don't need money to be happy, because even if you're a bum you can still be happy. Barbara finds out that she doesn't need gurus and shrinks to be happy. Max finds his sexuality and his father accepts it. And for Mike the dog...let's just say he's happy Although this film has deeper meaning to it, that doesn't mean it's a drama. This film made me laugh harder that any film I've seen in a long time. You'll also want to watch Moscow On the Hudson, which is another exelent Paul Mazursky film.
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Summary: Paul Mazursky...The best director of the 80's
Review: In this movie, Paul Mazursky re-tells the story from the orignal french film "Boudu Saved from Drowning" in modern day sense. The result is a masterpiece of comedy film making. But it's not just a comedy, it has deeper meaning, too. Dave Whitman is faced with the problems of everyday world. The only meaning is his life is his business, which is coat hangers. He has a lot of stress, worring about money and his business. And then, suddenly, a bum tries to drown himself in his backyard, and it's the best thing thats ever happened to him. He finally forgets about stress, money, and all the things that were involved in hectic life. But Jerry, the bum (Nick Nolte), doesn't just change Dave's life. No, no, he changes the whole family, including their dog. Max, Dave's son, has a problem expressing his sexuallity. But when Jerry see's him putting on lipstick, Jerry talks to Max and tells him to talk to his father man to man. Then theres Carmen, the maid/housekeeper, who he changes from a soap-opera addic to a political radical. Then theres Jerrys wife. Shes uptight, and is too stressed out. She hires guros yogi instructors to help her with her stress and anger and it does nothing. But then, Jerry shows her some massage tecniques that turn her from a woman over consumed with life to a completely careless stress free entity. So Dave finds out that you don't need money to be happy, because even if you're a bum you can still be happy. Barbara finds out that she doesn't need gurus and shrinks to be happy. Max finds his sexuality and his father accepts it. And for Mike the dog...let's just say he's happy Although this film has deeper meaning to it, that doesn't mean it's a drama. This film made me laugh harder that any film I've seen in a long time. You'll also want to watch Moscow On the Hudson, which is another exelent Paul Mazursky film.
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Summary: A Must See Comedy
Review: It has been some time since I saw this flick, but it is a must see for anyone who has not seen it.
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Summary: Hilarious, but with excessive excess
Review: Nolte's character chooses to end his life by drowning himself in a rich man's pool. The rich man, Richard Dreyfus, saves him from drowning in the pool, and Nolte saves Dreyfus's family from drowning in aimless decadence and excess. Nolte is gruff and likeable; Bette Midler, as Dreyfus's wife, is good-hearted but demanding and confused; Dreyfus is successful and lost; the kids are confused. Everyone helps everyone, and ends up better off.
My only complaint is that, in an attempt to show how decadent and lost Dreyfus is at the beginning of the film, his affair with the maid is shown to us in unnecessary detail. Perhaps this sounds prudish, but the point could have been made in a subtler, more artistic way. Ah, well, nothing is perfect.
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Summary: Why does everyone love this movie?
Review: Okay, what is going on here. We have all seen these actors' in better roles. Bette Midler in Ruthless People, Nick Nolte in The Prince of Tides, and Richard Dreyfuss in Mr. Holland's Opus. But what is all the fuss about? This was a lousy film! The music was depressing, the scenery is very non-Beverly Hills, and what exactly is the point of it anyway? I quote the person who also gave it 1 star (the only one who knows what he is talking about) in saying "Don't Watch It." If you are looking for a good Paul Mazursky film, try Moscow on the Hudson, but definitely not this.
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Summary: Really funny,sensitive movie
Review: The dog and the dog doctor scene are as funny as it get's and you've got to see Nick Nolte train the dog how to like his Dog food. A classic funny movie that you can watch over and over.
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Summary: For some reason I really like this film!
Review: The story of a tramp who finds his way into the household of a rich family, and gradually changes their lives. I must admit, I often see homeless people and wonder what they would look like if given a new haircut, a bath, and a set of clothes, and cinema has given us some good transformation scenes of this type over the years. Where Nick Nolte excels is that his greying (real) beard just looks so scuzzy (he lived on the streets for a efew weeks before starting filming) yet once clean-shaven with just a moustache he looks really good. He is helped by a very fit body, with no sores or bruises, which is perhaps not so realistic. Nolte's performance in the role vindicates Paul Mazursky's decision to cast him in the role, something studio bosses were cynical about in view of his trouble with alcoholism. Similar reservations were voiced about co-stars Richard Dreyfuss and Bette Midler, yet all three turn in really good and funny performances. There is a great guest appearance from Little Richard, who also performs a couple of numbers in the film. This seems dated now, but not in a bad way. The hair salon scene and the son's new romantic pop group remind us of the worst excesses of 1980s style, while the remainder of the film reminds us of what we were really like in those days, with our over-reliance on fads (the guru, the dog psychologist, the radio psychologist) and neglect of important issues like homelessness and our own children. Above all, this is an enjoyable, thought-provoking comedy. If you can find it, I would also recommend the book by Ian Marter.
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