The best of enemies until something came between them.
For decades, next-door neighbors and former friends John and Max have feuded, trading insults and wicked pranks. When an attractive widow moves in nearby, their bad blood erupts into a high-stakes rivalry full of naughty jokes and adolescent hijinks.
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Classical in form, effortless, comic and warm.
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- effortlessdemanding
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- warmbleak
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29 profiled raters. Loved most by The Sinceres; disliked most by The Sinceres.
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- John Chardon TMDB · Sep 20147/10
Do me a favour. Put your lip over your head... and swallow. Grumpy Old Men is directed by Donald Petrie and written by Mark Steven Johnson. It stars Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon, Ann-Margret, Kevin Pollack, Burgess Meredith, Ossie Davis, Daryl Hannah and Buck Henry. Music is by Alan Silvestri and cinematography by Johnny E. Jensen. A lifelong feud between two neighbours has been continuing since for ever. Now in the twilight of their lives, things get worse when a new female neighbour moves across the street. A perennially fun viewing experience, one that boasts a wonderfully mature cast having a good time in the process. It would be easy to decry the formula, the trajectory of where it will go, and maybe stand tall and proclaim the writing isn't up to the standard of a Wilder or Simon movie, but that's kind of missing the point. It's a new era of film and the makers of Grumpy Old Men have tailored it to suit impressively the twin talents of Matthau and Lemmon. Both of whom are wonderful, their chemistry set in cement, their timing and reactions to scripting an utter joy. It's not without problems, anyone can see that, especially when the film veers onto the drama path, but the come
Read the whole review on TMDB - Andre Gonzaleson TMDB · May 20238/10
Really funny movie. Wasn't expecting this to be a good movie I was wrong. Great story good acting and funny.
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Cast
- Jack LemmonJohn Gustafson
- Walter MatthauMax Goldman
- Ann-MargretAriel Truax
- Burgess MeredithGrandpa Gustafson
- Daryl HannahMelanie
- Kevin PollakJacob Goldman
- Ossie DavisChuck
- Buck HenrySnyder
- Christopher McDonaldMike
- John Carroll LynchMoving Man
Crew
- Donald PetrieDirector
- Mark Steven JohnsonWriter
- William DaviesWriter
- Johnny E. JensenDirector of Photography
- Alan SilvestriOriginal Music Composer
- Bonnie KoehlerEditor
- Richard C. BermanProducer
- John DavisProducer
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