The read
Audiences rate it 25 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
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'.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes40%
Audiences rate it 25 points higher than critics do.
34 audience votes
Key crew
- Herb GardnerDirector
- Herb GardnerScreenplay
- Gerry MulliganOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Walter MatthauNat Moyer
- Ossie DavisMidge Carter
- Amy IrvingClara Gelber
- Craig T. NelsonThe Cowboy
- Boyd GainesPete Danforth
- Martha PlimptonLaurie Campbell
- Guillermo DíazJ.C.
- Elina LöwensohnClara Lemlich
- Ron RifkinFeigenbaum
- Marin HinkleHannah
- Nancy GilesElla Mae Tilden
- Ranjit ChowdhryKamir
Stills
Themes
vaudeville act