The read
Audiences rate it 17 points higher than critics do. The highest scoring of the 2 titles in its series.
Synopsis
For decades, next-door neighbors and former friends John and Max have feuded, trading insults and wicked pranks. When an attractive widow moves in nearby, their bad blood erupts into a high-stakes rivalry full of naughty jokes and adolescent hijinks.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes67%
Metacritic53/100
Audiences rate it 17 points higher than critics do.
778 audience votes
Key crew
- Donald PetrieDirector
- Alan SilvestriOriginal Music Composer
- Mark Steven JohnsonWriter
- William DaviesWriter
Cast
- Jack LemmonJohn Gustafson
- Walter MatthauMax Goldman
- Ann-MargretAriel Truax
- Burgess MeredithGrandpa Gustafson
- Daryl HannahMelanie
- Kevin PollakJacob Goldman
- Ossie DavisChuck
- Buck HenrySnyder
- Christopher McDonaldMike
- John Carroll LynchMoving Man
- Steve CochranWeatherman
- Joe HowardPharmacist
Stills
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Themes
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