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Summary: Lemmon and Matthau's Greatest Movie...
Review: In 1993 Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau played their best roles in this movie together. This movie, "Grumpy Old Men" is a MASTERPIECE! It's funny, joyfull, and heartwarming. These two were the perfect match for an EXCELLENT movie like this. The plot of the movie is great. The setting of cold and snowy Wabasha, MN was a the perfect setting. The movie starts out on a snowy morning with two rivaling neighbors John Gustufson (Lemmon) and Max Goldman (Matthau). These two have been at each other's throats since they were kids. They always insult each other like calling each other a putz, a moron, or even a schmuck and other rude names. Whatever the two do they compete against each other to be better. One of those things they compete against is they both ice fish everyday and Max always ends up with more fish than John. So one day after they finish fishing, Max has half a dozen fish and John only has two. So Max of course picks on him and John throws one of his dead fishes into Max's car which causes a terrible stench. That night John is watching the lottery and Max has the same T.V. remote so while John's watching the numbers Max over in the next window switches the channel. Then John switches it back then Max does it again and again. Finally John finds out it's Max and Max's son Jake (Pollak) opens the window to make him apologize and when Max goes to the window, John sprays his garden hose at him. Will these two ever stop fighting? Then the rivalry takes another step up when a beautiful new neighbor Ariel (Ann-Margret) moves in and catches the attention of Max and John. Ariel is a lovely, warm-hearted, spirited woman who Max and John start fighting over. Max takes her ice fishing where she catches a 3-foot fish that she actually THROWS BACK before Max can take a picture of it. Then John and Ariel have dinner together and then go snowmobiling together and eventually sleep together. MAX IS FURIOUS!!! Now Max and John are out fishing and Max is thinking of how to seek revenge. So John is in his shanty when it starts moving. He looks out the window and Max is moving it with his car heading straight for THIN ICE. John jumps out and his shanty is sunk. Of course Max is in his car chanting, "Yeah!" The two finally have a brawl and John is convinced that Max deserves Ariel more than he does because John can't support her because his house is about to be taken away from the IRS. Will John get her or will Max? This movie is a great comedy everyone can enjoy. It's very touching and loving and is full of laughs. Your comedy collection is not complete without "Grumpy Old Men." This is a 5-Star MASTERPIECE!
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Summary: Grumpy Old Men series were awesome
Review: Jack Lemmon & Walter Matthau were awesome to watch over & over. Just wish they would have made more movies like the Grumpy Old Men series & the Odd Couple I & II. These movies you can watch over & over again. They still make you laugh over & over & over. It even means more now that both of them have past away. The world has lost 2 wonderful actors. I would highly recommend these to anyone who likes comedies & needs to laugh-very funny. Out to Sea was another good movie. These movies should be a part of your movie collection. You never get tired of watching these movies. They are a part of my collection & are worth it.
It is good to laugh after a long day. I would give it 10 stars if it was possible. Make it a movie night & pop some popcorn-kick back, relax & get ready for a fun night.
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Summary: Grumpy Old Men series were awesome
Review: Jack Lemmon & Walter Matthau were awesome to watch over & over. Just wish they would have made more movies like the Grumpy Old Men series & the Odd Couple I & II. These movies you can watch over & over again. They still make you laugh over & over & over. It even means more now that both of them have past away. The world has lost 2 wonderful actors. I would highly recommend these to anyone who likes comedies & needs to laugh-very funny. Out to Sea was another good movie. These movies should be a part of your movie collection. You never get tired of watching these movies. They are a part of my collection & are worth it.
It is good to laugh after a long day. I would give it 10 stars if it was possible. Make it a movie night & pop some popcorn-kick back, relax & get ready for a fun night.
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Summary: Grumpy...
Review: Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau go together like a couple of old shoes, broken in and comfortable, but still able to take a shine.
Their rhythms of speech and their body language create a kind of harmony. Each fills in for the other. "The Odd Couple" could have been written for them, and "Grumpy Old Men" probably was.
They play a couple of neighbors in a snowbound Wabasha, Minn., neighborhood.
They've been feuding for years, mostly because they like each other so much. They trade insults, dismissals, snubs and dire imprecations. Then they go ice-fishing together. When they go fishing together, that means they go separately, but adjacently, so they can glower at one another.
They live in the kind of neighborhood where everybody spends all of their time either out in front of the house, shoveling snow, or inside the house, peering out through the curtains. Neither John Gustafson (Lemmon) nor Max Goldman (Matthau) seems to have much actually inside the house to hold their attention. Their lifeblood is gossip and jealousy.
Things heat up nicely when a woman named Ariel moves into the neighborhood. Played by AnnMargret, she's single, a professor, and likes to careen around the neighborhood on a snowmobile. She comes calling, first to one of the old coots and then to the other. Both, of course, fall instantly into love.
She likes John more, but when she thinks she's been rejected, she goes out with Max, which inspires a lot of supercilious sneering.
We perhaps have a slight problem with credibility here. We're asked to believe that Ariel's entire universe of dating possibilities is limited to John and Max. That sure wouldn't be the case in my neighborhood. But what the heck. Meanwhile, the movie offers various subplots, mostly involving ice fishing. A genial old guy named Chuck (Ossie Davis) runs the bait and refreshment stand down by the lake, and for a time it looks as if he might have a chance with Ariel, but the screenplay puts a sudden end to that possibility.
"Grumpy Old Men" is mostly made up out of spare parts from other movies. The neighborhood seems inspired by those sunny 1940s comedies and 1950s sitcoms in which the neighbors were all part of one big, nosy, inquisitive family. The patter between the two old guys is so smooth it could be part of a vaudeville act. And the milieu is so folksy it could be part of a Christmas card.
That business of peering out the windows extends even to the next generation. Lemmon has a daughter named Melanie (Daryl Hannah), and Matthau has a son named Jacob (Kevin Pollak). Their destinies in life have kept them apart up until now, despite an adolescent crush they've not outgrown. But one night, when Melanie is in her dad's house, and she happens to look out and notice that Jacob is gazing upon her from the house next door . . . well, in another neighborhood that might be cause to draw the shades, but here, it could be the beginning of a beautiful romance.
The movie is too pat and practiced to really be convincing, and the progress of Ariel's relationships with the two grumps seems dictated mostly by the needs of the screenplay. But Matthau and Lemmon are fun to see together, if for no other reason than just for the essence of their beings. And in a holiday season where all of the other movies seem to specialize in varieties of doom and gloom, their grumpy old faces are actually the sunniest sight around.
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Summary: Hilariously Touching! Lemmon And Matthau Make A Great Pair!
Review: Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau rank among the greatest on-screen duos of all time, and this movie is a great example of their brilliant chemistry. They're both very capable dramatic actors, and each has an Academy Award as proof, but their signature trademark will always be their comedic ability. In this movie, Lemmon and Matthau play the roles of John and Max, respectively. John and Max have been next-door neighbors their whole lives, and though they have an extremely hostile love/hate relationship, they remain each other's best friend. Their hostility stems from decades before when John wound up marrying the girl they both loved. Both are now widowers who live alone in their separate houses, and a woman named Ariel (Ann-Margret) moves into the house across the street. Both men are immediately smitten by Ariel, and it leads to a rehashing of the same hostile feelings they once held for each other in their youth. While the plot may seem like heavy material, it really isn't. The story is presented in a extremely touching yet light-hearted way. Both John and Max are extremely loveable, and the audience is made to feel sorry for them because both are lonely in their old age. The only flaw in this movie is in the plausability of Ariel actually having romantic feelings for either of these two men. She's a relatively young woman and energetic woman, and the fact that she has these two old men fighting for her attention doesn't seem quite believable. Regardless, this is an excellent movie that I definitely recommend.
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Summary: The comic duo has done it again
Review: John Gustafson (Lemmon) and Max Goldman (Matthau) are two neighbors who have been fighting since 1938. One day beautifal Ariel moves in and the real fight begins. Through out the movie you will hear and see what is so funny about this movie. Oh and remember to watch the alternitive scenes at the end.
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Summary: Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau are Funny Old Men
Review: Next Door Neihgbors Max Goldman (Matthau) and John Gustavson are two crotchety old fogies who love fishing,trading insults,and checking out women.When attractive Ariel (Ann Margret) moves into the house across the street,Max and John become all out enemies,stopping at nothing to win Ariel's affections.Full of great pranks like puttting dead fish in each other's cars,this movie is a perfect heartwarming comedy.And besidesJack Lemmon and Walter Matthau are in it!
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Summary: Two of the greatest actors of our time
Review: Seeing this movie really reaffirms that the late Jack Lemmon and the late Walter Matthau are two of the funniest comedians of our time. Set in Snowy Minnisota, Matthau and Lemmon are two old, bitter, longtime neighbors that always seem to be bickering about something. Things really get nasty between these two when a eligible college professor(Ann Margret) moves in across the street. What happens is the adventures of two bitter old ice fishermen that compete for the affections of their new neighbor. Some of the pranks they pull on each other are so funny you'll find yourself laughing hysterically. Some subplots of the movie include their children(John Cusak and Darryl Hanna)falling in love and the antics of Jack Lemmon's father(Burgess Meredith)are also sidesplittingly funny. The casting, directing, and cinemetography are excellent. I high reccomend this title.
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Summary: -4 for the DVD. +5 for the movie.
Review: The film= two classic funny guys doing what they do best. Making us laugh. Great film about two old guys being themselves. The film really does a great job of showing two old friends being crazy during retirement.
The problem is the DVD= it's a barebones edition with a horrible full-framing problem. There are shots where they barely have anyone in them at all. In the original frame they are both in frame so it looks like the cropper was drunk and just got parts of them. They've cut off so much of the film that I felt like I was listening more than watching. It's a HORRIBLE DVD. If you are on the fence about this then I'd recommend the Odd Couple DVD instead. If you get this full-framed version then know that it's a great film that's not very well served with this DVD. Maybe by the time you're reading this a new Special Edition has come out...I hope so, for your sake.
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Summary: -5 for the DVD. +5 for the movie.
Review: The film= two classic funny guys doing what they do best. Making us laugh. Great film. The DVD= it's a barebones edition with a horrible full-framing problem. They've cut off so much of the film that I felt like I was listening more than watching. It's HORRIBLE. I'd skip this DVD and get something else. Wait til a decent DVD comes out.
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