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Grumpier Old Men

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"Grumpy Old Men" has been one of my favorite comedy movies since I first saw it when it came out. Therefore, I couldn't wait to see "Grumpier Old Men," the sequel. It's pretty much just like the first one except with more laughs and some new faces. In this one, Max (Walter Matthau) has a son (Kevin Pollak) and John (Jack Lemmon) has a daughter (Daryl Hannah). Max's son and John's daughter are supposed to be getting married soon. Ann Margaret returns in this one and another new person is Sophia Loren along with her Italian mom. Best of all, Grandpa Gustafson returns with his hilarious one-liners in this sequel.

"Grumpier Old Men" is even funnier than the first movie was, and the new people fit in with the original cast perfectly. Everybody does a great job of acting. There's a lot of parts in the movie that are unforgettable once you see them such as when Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon temporarily turn their backs on one another and start playing hilarious pranks on each other, and the fight with the huge catfish. To top it all off, after the movie is over, it shows a lot of outtakes from the film, mainly with Grandpa Gustafson and they're just as hilarious as the movie itself was.

If you liked the first movie or if you like comedy movies where the laughs never stop, I recommend getting "Grumpier Old Men."

Two old friends/rivals go at it again in this hilarious epic that was among the last works of the great Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon team. The appearance of siren Sophia Loren as love interest for grungy fisherman Matthau only adds to the humor. Full of priceless one-liners, including the timeless "bacon" monologue by Burgess Meredith, this is one to watch over and over. We miss ya guys, but you'll live forever in our hearts and on DVD.

I LOVE the movie Grumpier Old Men but I DON'T love that the movie on DVD is only available in the edited full-screen and not the original theatrical aspect ratio in wide-screen, there are movies that are terrible that are available in wide-screen but a great movie like Grumpier Old Men is not and that just isn't right! The movie would get 5 stars but the full-screen DVD only gets 1 star.

Although GRUMPIER OLD MEN is merely a rehashing of its predecessor, it's worth watching to see the glowing mature beauty of both Sophia Loren (looking absolutely gorgeous)and Ann-Margret. Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau and even crusty old Burgess Meredith (whose delightful outtakes are priceless) show that the septa and octogenarian sets can still spoon and swoon. Loren plays a sexy entrepreneur who is going to turn the trusty old bait shop into a ristorante, which ignites the fury of both Matthau and Lemmon, so they decide to try all kinds of ruses to make sure Loren's a flop. Of course, Matthau falls hard for Loren (who wouldn't) and their subsequent courting propels the rest of the movie. Ms. Margret doesn't have a lot to do in this one, but her presence is heartily appreciated. Ann Morgan Guilbert (from the old Dick Van Dyke series) is good as Loren's feisty Mama. You'll chuckle and smile at these old codgers, but you'll be entertained by the sheer star power of some of our finest actors and actresses.

I am compelled to say that this film is not only my favorite film of all time, but also I feel it's the best sequel ever made. Now some might tell you it's "Batman Returns" or "Godfather Part II". That's where they're wrong. Those films were as good as the originals. This film is better. Way better.

In fact, this film stands head and shoulders above the first one. The first one was okay, but I felt the overall plot was shied away from at times and also a lot of the lines that were supposed to be funny in it seem dated now. However, the lines in this one are pure ear candy. Every insult, jab and zinger Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau fire at each other are hilarious and quotable.

The entire main cast from the first film returns for this second chapter, which picks up six months after the events of the first film. John (Lemmon) amd Ariel (Ann-Margret) are now happily married and enjoying their autumn years. Max (Matthau), meanwhile, is starting to get along with John, but at the same time feels envious over the relationship between his neighbors. The impending wedding between John's daughter Melanie (Daryl Hannah) and Max's son Jacob (Kevin Pollak) puts a feeling of spring in the fall air. But this feeling of pure serenity is interrupted when a fiery Italian beauty named Maria Rogetti (Sophia Loren) and her fiesty mother (Ann Morgan Guilbert) come to town and turn the old men's beloved baitshop into an Italian restaurant. Max and John are up in arms about the whole idea, and will do everything in their power to prevent it from happening. However, the plan goes south when Max falls hard for Maria. However, in true "Grumpy" fashion, as Jake and Melanie call off the wedding, causing Max and John to butt heads once more. As usual, things culminate in a predictable fashion, however, unlike the last one, the ending to this film really is great and the outtakes are extremely funny.

This film corrects everything that was done wrong in part one and does it perfectly. I said in my review of part one that the film's main love interest (played by Ann-Margret) was underused and the film became boring when she wasn't onscreen. Not here. In this one, Sophia Loren appears in almost every scene, and like Ann-Margret, is certainly something to look at it. As I said earlier, the lines between Matthau and Lemmon are way funnier than those in part one. But the biggest corection they made was how they treated Burgess Meredith. Returning as Lemmon's dad, Meredith owns the movie: his bacon story, his flirting with Ann Morgan Guilbert (who, despite playing Loren's mother, is actually only six years older than Loren in real life), his retelling of the Three Bears - all classic. It's hard to not to shed even a slight tear when his character dies, as you wish to hear what adivee he would give to Lemmon at that particular point in the film.

This film is way better than the first as well as my favorite movie ever and an absolute must for any dvd collection. I would recommend this in a heartbeat.

Jack Lemmon & Walter Matthau return in thissequel from where the 1993 "Grumpy Old Men" original comedy hit film left off. This time a new italian widow moves to Minnesota and tries turning the fish bait shop into a new restaurant. Matthau & Lemmon still got chemstry and their dialouge is still hilarious!

I have never seen someone cast people like they did in this film. I thought that they did an excellen job at absolutely everything and it is a definite winner. I would recommend this film to the older bunch who love to laugh.

A wonderful second movie. When I heard that there was going to be a sequel to Grumpy Old Men I was wary cause I LOVED the first one. When I found out that Sophia Loren was going to be added to the mix my fears were quelled. This movies was GREAT! The chemistry between one of the great screen beauties of all time and Walter Matthau, as Ann Morgan Guilbert says in the movie he has the face of a mackerel, is PERFECT! I would have liked to have had a little more interaction between Ann Margaret and Sophia Loren (as in a little more girls against the guys), but that's ok. Ann Morgan Guilbert plays Sophia's mother and is fantastic. You want to talk about some great chemistry Burgess Meredith and she are wonderful. Again watch the bonus features for his "bloopers" they are positively scandalous!

One of my favorite movies EVER!! It's just a good movie with great actors. If you have seen the first movie you can guess that the second installment will have much the same humor and fights between the grumps. It involves a women taking over an old bait shop and trying to turn it into a Italian resturant. The grumps are not having that at all, which leads to a plan to
stop Maria Ragetti (Sophia Loren) from opening the new resturant. But Max (Walter Matthua) soon finds himself falling for Maria. Little does Max know but Maria begins to fall for him as well.

But what would grumpy old man be without fights between each other. Well the fights soon begin. When Maxs son and Johns (Jack Lemmon) daughter call their wedding off, the fights begin!!! John and Max just can't talk it out, so the pranks begin.

It's a perfect movie for family enjoyment and a movie you can watch over and over. What more can you ask for great actors,great humor, and a well made movie!! Buy the 2 dvd set it's a great buy!!!

What can I say? This movie takes off where the first left you.
Max is married to Ann Margaret, Max's son and John's daughter are about to get married when all of a sudden a new character is introduced, none other then the lovely Sophia Loren.
Ms. Loren can add nothing but pure class to any movie that she is part of. She has come to this 'cold country' to open an Italian eating place. The only problem is, her establishment is on the site of Max and John's favorite bait shop. Horrors upon horrors!
That is when Max and John decide to stop Sophia in her tracks.
Of course, you know love is in the air as John and Sophia can't fight the arrow of love between them. A twist is added as Grandpa and Sopia's mother seem to feel the bite of love as well.
What a scene! Excellent! We do have 'grumpie' all right, but we also have giggles and love! Good mix!
Again, as with the first movie, this one should not be missed.
It is a great legacy to the players who have gone on to their eternal rewards, I am glad they left this behind!