In a town where nothing ever happens... everything is about to happen to Sully.
Director: Robert Benton
Producer: Scott Rudin, Arlene Donovan
A rascally nearing-retirement man juggles a workers' compensation suit while secretly working for his nemesis and flirting with his nemesis' young wife. As his estranged son returns, he faces new family responsibilities, while a banker plots to evict him from his home.
110 min
Rating: 6.866/10
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Top Cast
Paul Newman
Sully Sullivan
Bruce Willis
Carl Roebuck
Melanie Griffith
Toby Roebuck
Jessica Tandy
Beryl Peoples
Dylan Walsh
Peter Sullivan
Pruitt Taylor Vince
Rub Squeers
Movie Info
Director: Robert Benton
Producer: Scott Rudin, Arlene Donovan
Production Companies: Capella International, Cinehaus, Paramount Pictures
Countries: United States of America
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Peter McGinn:
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 Willis head up the ensemble cast. They even have a young Philip Seymour Hoffman, in my opinion one of the best actors ever at disappearing into a role. And since it fun to have a movie take place in New England that isn’t a Stephen King story?!
You know, the thing about writing reviews on these great movies from the past is that it makes me want to see them again.