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Director: Paul Newman
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From Time Out Film Guide
Taken sequence by sequence, this is a well acted and elegantly photographed social drama, with Newman as a depressed widower who loses his job and quarrels with his kids. The plot is a little thin, but Big Acting Scene follows Big Acting Scene quite pleasantly for a while, until you begin to realise that Newman (who co-scripted as well as directed) has decided to compose his entire film out of them. It is nothing more than a constant succession of the kind of emotional peaks actors love to do on screen. Humbler scenes involving background or narrative, which may be immensely tedious to act but help the plot unfold, have in general been left out altogether. The result is a curiously indigestible phenomenon, like being forced to eat five courses of avocado by an overbearing dinner-party host.Author: DP
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- KEITH said...
- Posted on Nov 29 2009 01:22 Many have down rated this movie is covering too many issues at once. This to me is it strong point. After all, that is, in essence, how life really is; more issues confronting us than we seem to be able to handle at one time.
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Cast & crew
Director: Paul Newman
Producer: Paul Newman, Ronald L Buck
Cast: Paul Newman, Robby Benson, Ellen Barkin, Wilford Brimley, Judith Ivey, Ossie Davis, Morgan Freeman, Joanne Woodward full cast
Duration: 117 mins
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