Customer Reviews

Staying Together [VHS]

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I had never heard of this film. Why not! I ran across it at a local video store, checked out the cast and director, and decided to rent it. // There is great good humor in this movie of brothers coming of age,and there is the correct amount of pathos in a family coming to terms with an unexpected death. // Lee Grant handles the cast and the story with a deft and knowing touch. But I ask again why wasn't this movie properly promoted.

I remembered seeing this on cable quite a few years ago and decided to search this movie out and as luck would have it, I found it here on Amazon.com. The first reviewer "A Customer" describes this movie perfectly. Good actors seen in their younger days handling family and life situations that are seemingly real here like Melinda Dillon, Dermot Mulroney, Sean Astin, Daphne Zuniga, Stockard Channing, Dinah Manoff (a fav of mine from "Soap"). The characters are well defined and likable. The script is peppered with comedy, feeling and dialog you didn't usually find in films from the late 80's and early 90's. I don't buy many movies a year let alone older films but this was well worth the money I spent. Unforgettable scene: Sean Astin burying his face in a pantyhosed Dinah Manoff's large bosom while she's trying to change for work. Cheeky devil.

The hometown charm appeals to me, as I come from a small town and grew up with kids whose parents ran a family business.

Another movie that ended up being a lot more lame than what the reviews led me to believe. I'm glad others were so moved, but this film was pretty much pure cheesiness. The relationships between the three brothers, for that matter the whole family, was pretty superficial and unconvincing. It was nice to see the actors in their younger years, but for me there just wasn't much more to appreciate about this film.

I have Staying Together ON LASER DISC,'Tis a great Movie,A MUST SEE :p

Don't like "R" rated movies, think they can be done without the smut and I intend to throw it away, not the fault of the sellers, just didn't see the rating.