
Old Nat Moyer is a talker, a philosopher, and a troublemaker with a fanciful imagination. His companion is Midge Carter, who is half-blind, but still the super of an apartment house. When he is threatened with retirement, Nat battles on his behalf. Nat also takes on his daughter, a drug dealer, and a mugger in this appealing version of a really 'odd couple'.... (Full plot summary below)
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Old Nat Moyer is a talker, a philosopher, and a troublemaker with a fanciful imagination. His companion is Midge Carter, who is half-blind, but still the super of an apartment house. When he is threatened with retirement, Nat battles on his behalf. Nat also takes on his daughter, a drug dealer, and a mugger in this appealing version of a really 'odd couple'.
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| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzUnder Gardner's heavy-handed direction it doesn't transfer well from stage to screen. |
| Internet ReviewsSteve RhodesThe beauty of the language does come through, but the net effect of the movie is to make the viewers wish they had gone to the play instead. |
| USA TodayAndy SeilerThis is good stuff. Unfortunately, director Herb Gardner is a little too fond of writer Herb Gardner's script, which just keeps going and going and going -- until even two old pros such as Walter and Ossie have worn out their welcome. |
| TheMovieReport.comMichael DequinaA stable of solid performances, led by leads Walter Matthau and Ossie Davis, are all there is to recommend. |
| User ReviewJonathan HTwo old men getting stoned in a park. Moich. |
| User ReviewJessi KI liked this movie! It shows that you should always be young at heart...or at least don't resign yourself to being crochety in your old age! |
| User ReviewGeoffrey TCaptivating performances from Walter Matthau and Ossie Davis. Directed with simplicity, written with significance. |
| User ReviewPenelope TGood old Walter Mathau in a role that could have been created for him. Everybody else was good too. This movie was better than I expected, which was nice. |
| User ReviewAimee RAnother brilliant play turned movie. Stellar performances all around. Captures the feel of Central Park. |
| User ReviewTony PThis is one of my all time favourite movies. Adapted from Herb Gardners Tony-Award winning play. This film tells the story of Nat Moyer (Matthau) a congenital yet congenial liar and Midge Carter (Davis) a maintenance man struggling to keep his job. This is a definate all-rounder, it makes you laugh cry and think. Matthau is really on form in this. There arn't many better examples of perfect comic timing than his performance. Davis is equally excellent. His fear of being thought a useless old man is both well portrayed and a very real fear many elderly people have. Matthau on the other hand shows no fear. His need to challenge everyone and anything about the most minor injustices often creates conflict. Ultimately this film is about friendship, about growing old and about the fear that person we want to be is not the person we are. Nat: "I was one person for the first eighty years. Why not a hundred for the next five?" |