
When Jack Scanlan (Jack Warden) passes away just before telling his son, Johnny (Bob Hoskins) what was really important in life, Johnny begins to wonder if he's let life pass him by. With the funeral as backdrop, all of the Scanlans appear, each with an interesting situation. One of Johnny's sisters is divorced, but hasn't told anyone, the sister, who is a nun, is now into liberation theology and has an illegal immigrant with her, and Tony (Jayce Bartok) is fighting for contr... (Full plot summary below)
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When Jack Scanlan (Jack Warden) passes away just before telling his son, Johnny (Bob Hoskins) what was really important in life, Johnny begins to wonder if he's let life pass him by. With the funeral as backdrop, all of the Scanlans appear, each with an interesting situation. One of Johnny's sisters is divorced, but hasn't told anyone, the sister, who is a nun, is now into liberation theology and has an illegal immigrant with her, and Tony (Jayce Bartok) is fighting for control of his father's union. Johnny and Terry (Pamela Reed) (the divorced sister) think that they may have found true love in the chaos (though what Johnny's wife thinks of it is up for grabs) as Johnny tries to make some kind of sense out of the various strains in his family.
Leave your thoughts about Passed Away.
| Hartford CourantMalcolm JohnsonEven such a superlative cast cannot save this picture, which seems desined to pass away soon, to be interred and half-forgotten in the video racks of America. |
| User ReviewJodi BThe happiest of my happy movies. Whenever I am in a foul mood, I break out this little gem for a good giggle. |
| User ReviewStitch SThis one is kind of different but I like movies about how families relate in the best and worst of times. This one is a real gem! |
| User ReviewStephanie CThe cast is good, especially Hoskins, Petersen, Travis, Reed and Riegert, but Brown, and Maureen Stapleton as Warden's widow have little to do. |
| User ReviewBarry LAn early 90s comedy that often slips under the radar despite a cast that includes Frances McDormand and Bob Hoskins. |