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Post by kolchak92 on Dec 1, 2022 16:29:59 GMT
Yay or nay?
Yay for me. Way better than that recent tv show that used the title and nothing else.
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Post by movielover on Dec 1, 2022 16:31:12 GMT
Big yay for me. I love that movie.
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Post by brandomarlon2003 on Dec 1, 2022 17:13:43 GMT
Steve Martin at his best. Kudos for Rick Moranis, Dianne Wiest and Jason Robards too.
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Post by FrankSobotka1514 on Dec 1, 2022 17:16:20 GMT
Yay. I haven’t seen it in a million years but I remember that I liked it.
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Post by Penn Guinn on Dec 1, 2022 17:21:06 GMT
Big YES on the movie .... watched one episode of the TV show and never returned.  |
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Post by Penn Guinn on Dec 1, 2022 17:23:33 GMT
even then he was so angry and intense  |
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Post by Hurdy Gurdy Man on Dec 1, 2022 17:27:45 GMT
Watched it for the first time last year and it became an instant favourite. It is sort of in the John Hughes mould, except Hughes never wrote anything this good. Excellent performances all around and some great characterizations too. My only complaint would be the overuse of adult humour (the dildo, the blow job in the car) when it is not necessary for the plot. In fact this should have been a drama with a little dash of humour rather than the 60-40 balance we got.
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Post by Captain Spencer on Dec 1, 2022 17:45:46 GMT
Yay!
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Post by kolchak92 on Dec 1, 2022 17:58:49 GMT
Watched it for the first time last year and it became an instant favourite. It is sort of in the John Hughes mould, except Hughes never wrote anything this good. excellent performances all around and some great characterizations too. My only complaint would be the overuse of adult humour (the dildo, the blow job in the car) when it is not necessary for the plot. In fact this should have been a drama with a little dash of humour rather than the 60-40 balance we got. Funny you mention that because this and Fast and Times at Ridgemont High are two movies I always think Hughes made when he actually didn't. The suburban angst in this is pure Hughes.
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Post by HumanFundRecipient on Dec 1, 2022 19:33:50 GMT
A yay.
I sometimes imagine the "Why'd you make me play second base" eldest child of Steve Martin's character becoming a Major League Baseball player- at second base
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Post by JudgeJuryDredd on Dec 1, 2022 20:40:16 GMT
A yay for me. The second attempt at turning the film into television that ran on NBC was pretty good too.
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Post by mstreepsucks on Dec 2, 2022 0:19:26 GMT
I didn't really like this one.
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Post by twothousandonemark on Dec 2, 2022 5:39:36 GMT
Yay, & I'd argue it's probably a good movie for pre-teens to watch. I liked it more as a kid I think, though still good.
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Post by novastar6 on Dec 2, 2022 5:43:50 GMT
Watched it for the first time last year and it became an instant favourite. It is sort of in the John Hughes mould, except Hughes never wrote anything this good. Excellent performances all around and some great characterizations too. My only complaint would be the overuse of adult humour (the dildo, the blow job in the car) when it is not necessary for the plot. In fact this should have been a drama with a little dash of humour rather than the 60-40 balance we got.
Vibrator actually.
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Post by novastar6 on Dec 2, 2022 5:44:45 GMT
Big big big yay, my mom got me that tape for Valentine's Day one year, it wasn't quite the movie she thought it was going to be but I loved it and watched it to death.
"What channel is this?"
"No Gram, it's a tape."
"She needs a man, NOW."
Gotta love the grandma.
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Post by moviemouth on Dec 2, 2022 6:16:10 GMT
Yay
Ron Howard's best comedy imo.
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Post by marianne48 on Dec 2, 2022 11:10:41 GMT
Love the movie, except for two things:
Steve Martin is supposed to be 35?
The little boy attacks and destroys the school play at the end, and the parents sit there with proud grins on their faces as if it's the cutest thing ever? No.
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Post by kolchak92 on Dec 2, 2022 12:03:10 GMT
Love the movie, except for two things: Steve Martin is supposed to be 35?The little boy attacks and destroys the school play at the end, and the parents sit there with proud grins on their faces as if it's the cutest thing ever? No. Haha yeah. He was surely the oldest looking 35-year-old I've ever seen. In reality, Martin was 44 at the time.
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Post by Hurdy Gurdy Man on Dec 2, 2022 13:02:25 GMT
Love the movie, except for two things: Steve Martin is supposed to be 35?The little boy attacks and destroys the school play at the end, and the parents sit there with proud grins on their faces as if it's the cutest thing ever? No. Haha yeah. He was surely the oldest looking 35-year-old I've ever seen. In reality, Martin was 44 at the time. Even in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels he is supposed to be half of Michael Caine's age but looked the same as him.
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Post by novastar6 on Dec 2, 2022 13:44:35 GMT
Love the movie, except for two things: Steve Martin is supposed to be 35? The little boy attacks and destroys the school play at the end, and the parents sit there with proud grins on their faces as if it's the cutest thing ever? No.
Because unlike the teacher, they're all...PARENTS. They're all on the same roller coaster Steve Martin's character is.
It is cute, he thought he was protecting his sister.
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