
On his girlfriend's insistence, a disgruntled man tries to make peace with his high-spirited, street-smart and often irritatingly careless father, a failed actor who never quit his dream to be a success.... (Full plot summary below)
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On his girlfriend's insistence, a disgruntled man tries to make peace with his high-spirited, street-smart and often irritatingly careless father, a failed actor who never quit his dream to be a success.
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| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe best moments in the movie involve tightly knit dialogue scenes between King and Crystal, who co-wrote the movie. Their timing has the almost effortless music of two professionals who have spent their lifetimes learning how to put the right spin on a word. |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Jay ScottAn uneasy blend of neurotic comedy and mawkish sentimentality. |
| Los Angeles TimesSheila BensonIn Memories of Me, nothing goes unsaid; its banalities are triumphant, its maudlin flourishes build to maudlin crescendos. |
| The New York TimesCaryn JamesA film that assumes it's up to the job of dealing with life and death and love, but is not even up to dealing with lobsters. |
| User ReviewDonald HBrilliant film with brilliant acting. Must see movie. |
| User ReviewLee MI watched the 1988 movie "Memories of Me," with Alan King and Billy Crystal for the first time yesterday afternoon. It was about a film-extra actor who never could realy get his act together until the final act of his life when his son, a doctor, comes into his life to try and reconcile his relationship with his estranged father. The lead character played by Alan King, BTW a fantastic actor in real-life and in this role, and a greaat comic, seemed to exhibit textbook ADHD traits in his part as the loose-tongued 63 year old. Eating tacos for breakfast, smoking and filled with boundless energy, enthusiasm and self-neglect. He basically acts impulsively and recklessly with no thought of the consequences of his words or actions on others. He also has such low-regard for himself and such self-loathing that he willingly sits in the shadows whilst lesser luminaries, like his former felow extra actors, move on to bigger and brighter jobs in the entertainment biz while he languishes without an agent continuing to struggle for roles as he ages. I am a talented singer. Hear me singing here: Amy Zents Sings "Memory." Yet for the past 48 years I have not advanced beyound doing local low-paying gigs. Just like the lead character in "Memories of Me," like the Alan King character in "Memories of Me," at some level, I have been afraid to be "discovered." Yet, it would matter to me a lot. But, I think I feel secretly afraid. Also, I don't take care of my health as well as I should. True, I quit drinking and smoking, but I eat like a horse and don't get enough exercise. |
| User ReviewTim GI liked memories of me billy crystal showed that he can do dramatic parts just as well alan kings character though got on my nerves at times good film |
| User ReviewPrivate UBilly Crystal and Allan King paird to perform this witty and touching film about father and son. |
| User ReviewPhilip Svery good...very sad... a must see for all |
| User ReviewRichard SI really loved this film. One of the best Dad and son relationship films. |