Product Details

• Actors: Walter Matthau, Ossie Davis, Amy Irving, Craig T. Nelson, Boyd Gaines
• Directors: Herb Gardner
• Writers: Herb Gardner
• Producers: David Sameth, John H. Starke, John Penotti
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Universal Studios
• VHS Release Date: November 11, 1997
• Run Time: 135 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304429584
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #259,985 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Walter Matthau and Ossie Davis are the best reasons to see this Herb Gardner (A Thousand Clowns) comedy-drama about bickering, octogenarian companions who meet daily in Manhattan's Central Park. Spinning fictions, pushed around by yuppie scum, brutalized by extortionists and drug dealers, the two men go right on with their benchwarming rituals despite the entreaties of family and logic. Gardner deserves a passing grade for his directing effort, though he sabotages a couple of ripe opportunities to let his two great lead actors intensify the emotion of the piece on their own terms. With Martha Plimpton, Amy Irving, and Craig T. Nelson. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect, June 21, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: I'm Not Rappaport [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This movie manages to make you laugh and touch you deeply as many times as you won't think is possible during the two hours. Is truth always best? Can you still be romantic and feel deeply when you are old? How do you choose to see the world? You will be asking yourself all these questions and might be surprised at the answers.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Want a good belly-laugh? This one's for you...., February 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: I'm Not Rappaport [VHS] (VHS Tape)

We couldn't stop laughing! Two old codgers sitting on a park bench getting stoned...laughs are sure to follow. Tackles some big issues, too, although true to life, no big solutions are found. Aging, the homeless, drugs, violence. All this and more can be seen through the witty eyes of Walter Matheau and Ossie Davis. I'm buying this video so that I can watch it again and again!

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a must see!, September 26, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: I'm Not Rappaport [VHS] (VHS Tape)

They passed this movie in cable and I just saw it for Mr.Matthau but when I finished watching it I was amazed how great this movie is,I don't even know if it did it to the theaters here in Mexico...I think Alex Lora of a great group called El Tri appears.A touching story and one of the greatest movies ever made.Buy it!