Product Details

• Actors: Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret, Dinah Manoff, Lance Guest, Calvin Ander
• Directors: Herbert Ross
• Writers: Neil Simon
• Producers: Herbert Ross, Charles Matthau, Neil Simon, Rick McCallum, Roger M. Rothstein
• Format: Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Language: English, Spanish
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Fox Home Entertainme
• VHS Release Date: December 1, 1982
• Run Time: 108 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000006GDF
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #161,432 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A HIDDEN TREASURE, July 24, 2000

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Mr. Steven C. Stanga (Brookings, South Dakota United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I Ought to Be in Pictures [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Where has this movie been all my life! I've just this week discovered this hidden treasure on a cable channel, and have already ordered a copy for myself through Amazon.com! I tuned in purely because I admire Neil Simon stories so much, plus the fact that this film was carried by Dinah Manoff, Walter Matthau, and Ann Margaret. Little did I know that I was going to be riveted to my chair for 2 hours! Dinah Manoff leaves NYC and travels across the country to find her long-lost father (Matthau) out in California; Margaret plays his love interest (and mine as well). The result of this trio coming together is sheer delight! Dinah Manoff alone should have gotten an Oscar for her work in this movie! I cannot shout enough praises for this film. If you have dry eyes by the time this movie ends, then you lack lachrymal glands, friend.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT GREAT GREAT, July 21, 2002

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Sherry (Midwest City, OK United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: I Ought to Be in Pictures [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is one of the best movies I have ever seen. I loved it when it first came out and couldn't wait to get it in my VCR library. It took awhile, but I finally tracked it down. The storyline is great and Dianah Manoff and Walter Matthau are great in it. If you haven't seen the movie Rent it, Buy it, do what ever you have to to see it, you'll love. Great Movie.....

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Quite useful for exploring the issues of sex with a youth, February 12, 2009

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Jim (Zionsville, IN) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: I Ought to Be in Pictures [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I cannot believe how much utter junk has appeared in DVD format, and that several good movies, like this one, have not. Overall, this is not a great movie, but it is definitely worth seeing. It is certainly at least a worthwhile "B" movie.

Its real virtue, however, is the fine scene (at about 1:18) when the daughter insists on having a conversation with her dad about sex, and specifically the emotional side of sex. Indeed, far too much of what passes as sex education (1) deals primarily with the physical side of sex, or (2) just simplistically demands unquestioning abstinence. Both of these approaches largely ignore the fact that a human's primary sex organ is the mind. This scene in "I Ought to Be in Pictures" could be used to start a really meaningful and helpful pre-sex discussion.