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Men Don't Leave [VHS] (1990)

Starring: Jessica Lange, Arliss Howard Director: Paul Brickman Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Format: VHS Tape
4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (24 customer reviews)


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Product Details

  • Actors: Jessica Lange, Arliss Howard, Chris O'Donnell, Joan Cusack, Kathy Bates
  • Directors: Paul Brickman
  • Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC
  • Language: English
  • Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
  • Number of tapes: 1
  • Studio: Warner Home Video
  • VHS Release Date: July 31, 1998
  • Run Time: 115 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: 6301704754
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #8,791 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Most directors use a hit film to launch an immediate career--but not Paul Brickman, who hit in 1983 with Risky Business then waited until 1990 to make this, his second movie. And it was a good, if overlooked one, starring Jessica Lange as a woman suddenly widowed and unable to cope. She moves her kids (including Chris O'Donnell in his film debut) from the suburbs to downtown Baltimore, where they develop urban survival skills much more quickly than she does. Most of the plot centers on her inability to open up to a man (Arliss Howard) who obviously is right for her--and on O'Donnell's improbable (but extremely funny) affair with a nurse who lives upstairs (Joan Cusack). Touching and funny enough that its lack of surprise won't bother you. --Marshall Fine

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Widow in Baltimore, March 17, 2003
By MICHAEL ACUNA (Southern California United States) - See all my reviews
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Jessica Lange is an American Treasure in the same league as Meryl Streep but with a much less lauded filmography. In "Men Don't Leave," Lange plays a recently widowed woman who finds herself without much money, two young sons and no job. She moves to Baltimore to seek her fortune and make a new life for herself and for her family.
There is a deep and abiding humanity in everything Lange does. Here she is all naked emotion and frantic desperation tempered with an endless well of positivism.

Chris O'Donnell's scene at the Riverfront with Arliss Howard is one of the great, emotionally open and heart wrenching scenes in movies...ever. O'Donnell has not been as truthful in films, since.
"Men Don't Leave" was much ignored when it first opened and it is an embarrassment that it is not available on DVD. But nonetheless, it contains one of the best performances of Jessica Lange's career and it is not to be missed by anyone interested in fine movie acting.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Sad, funny, poignant, beautiful film-, August 29, 2006
By I. Finn "Movie Buff" (Wyandotte, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews
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This has to be Jessica Lange's greatest performance of all her great films. She portrays the shattered widow so believably, a woman that picks up and moves her and her two sons from small town life to Baltimore after her husbands sudden death. While her son's are trying to adapt and pick up the pieces with their new lives, she tries to fight off her depression with her frantic late night baking and constant daytime sleeping. Charlie Korsmo is heartbreaking as the sensitive younger son trying desperately to bring his Mom back to life. Arliss Howard plays the sweet musician that comes into her life quite by accident. Joan Cusack is great as the ditsy nurse that seduces the elder son, and Kathy Bates has a small part as the abrasive boss, for which she is at her usual best. I couldn't recommend this movie more, and make sure you have your hanky ready. I agree with the rest of the reviewers, when will this film be available on DVD???
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant, December 10, 1999
By David E. Dorsey (upstate New York) - See all my reviews
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On the A-list of my favorite movies. This is an overlooked gem of a film, where everything works. It reminds me of a great Salinger short story, where all the details are both suprising and totally convincing. There are many moments in this movie that had to be based on direct observation, or, if not, are acts of great creative imagination: the grocery line conversation, the breakfast scene, the food delivery to the Peabody musical performance, and many others. Joan Cusack, Kathy Black, Chris O'Donnell are all outstanding. The music is perfect, as in Brickman's other great effort: Risky Business. There are scenes shot in such a way that they keep evoking different reactions, flipping back and forth between the feel of present event and poignant memory, a sort of bipolar mood established sometimes by nothing more than the distance of the camera from the actors and the lighting. Lange's performance has one of two moments that seemed unconvincing or forced to me, though she's tremendous overall. Like Bottle Rocket and High Art, this is a nearly perfect movie that does what it does so softly it hasn't gotten nearly as much critical attention as it deserves.
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5.0 out of 5 stars WHERE IS THE DVD??????
It is a travesty this film is not on DVD. How is that possible - there is so much junk on DVD - not even popular junk, just junk no one ever saw in the first place... Read more
Published 4 months ago by anaveragejoe

5.0 out of 5 stars It is Utterly ridiculous this film is not on dvd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This film is an overlooked masterpiece. Jessica lange, Joan Cusack, and Chris O'Donnell(in his film debut) are excellent, as is the entire film. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Non Trek- freak

5.0 out of 5 stars I've been through it myself. Very emotional for me .
This film was extremely emotional for me because I lost my father when I was 4 years old. Although I don't remember him very well, I went through the same emotions that Matt went... Read more
Published 14 months ago by George W. Moore

5.0 out of 5 stars Should be on DVD - One of My Favorites!
This movie is a gem. It is not only about the widow wonderfully portrayed by Jessica Lange. All of the characters are dealing with difficulties in their lives and find a... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Plano Mom

5.0 out of 5 stars please please make dvd!!!!
such a great movie. its an anthem to single mothers!!! i will buy this movie as gifts for all of my friends. Read more
Published on May 20, 2007 by Therese Murray

5.0 out of 5 stars Where is the DVD?
Dear Warner Home Video: What a shameful oversight that this wonderful movie is not available on DVD. Please take steps to correct this soon. Read more
Published on January 30, 2007 by Matthew Forke

5.0 out of 5 stars Jessica Shines As The Star She Is
First of all, I agree with many of you that this should be on DVD! This story is heartbreaking but it is also empowering! Read more
Published on July 11, 2006 by Joseph A. Sciascia

3.0 out of 5 stars Good acting; disturbing message
Jessica Lange is often applauded for her acting in this film, and it is work of art from that perspective. What is disturbing about the film is its message to the viewer. Read more
Published on April 11, 2006 by Gaylan K. Mathiesen

5.0 out of 5 stars PLEASE Release This On DVD
Men Don't Leave is one of my favorite movies. I have been looking for it to be released on DVD for years, and still its only on VHS. Read more
Published on February 6, 2006 by CT Duran Fan

5.0 out of 5 stars PLEASE put this movie on DVD please!
I adore this film. I love this film. Of all the trash out there that gets put on DVD, why is this movie still not available? It just doesn't make any sense to me.
Published on February 5, 2006 by avidbookreader

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