Nobody's Fool

Watch: Nobody's Fool

12/23/19941h 50m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ In a town where nothing ever happens... everything is about to happen to Sully. ~

Overview:

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.

Director:

Robert Benton

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$20,000,000.00

Revenue:

$39,491,975.00

Key words:

small town
illegal employment
retirement
new york state

Cast

Paul Newman

~ as ~

Sully Sullivan

Bruce Willis

~ as ~

Carl Roebuck

Melanie Griffith

~ as ~

Toby Roebuck

Jessica Tandy

~ as ~

Beryl Peoples

Dylan Walsh

~ as ~

Peter Sullivan

Pruitt Taylor Vince

~ as ~

Rub Squeers

Gene Saks

~ as ~

Wirf Wirfley

Josef Sommer

~ as ~

Clive Peoples Jr.

Philip Seymour Hoffman

~ as ~

Officer Raymer

Philip Bosco

~ as ~

Judge Flatt

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Reviews (1)

Peter McGinn
Written 4 year(s) ago
9
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.