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A Balasaur Score of 75 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 82%, Metacritic 57/100. Audiences rate it 23 points higher than critics do. Scores higher than 83% of the 2,032 1990s drama movies in this catalog. It runs long at 2h 36m.
Synopsis
Charlie Simms is a student at a private preparatory school who comes from a poor family. To earn the money for his flight home to Gresham, Oregon for Christmas, Charlie takes a job over Thanksgiving looking after retired U.S. Army officer Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade, a cantankerous middle-aged man who lives with his niece and her family.
Ratings
IMDb8/10
Rotten Tomatoes82%
Metacritic57/100
Audiences rate it 23 points higher than critics do.
4,102 audience votes
Key crew
- Bo GoldmanScreenplay
- Thomas NewmanOriginal Music Composer
- Martin BrestDirector
Cast
- Al PacinoLt. Col. Frank Slade
- Chris O'DonnellCharlie Simms
- James RebhornMr. Trask
- Gabrielle AnwarDonna
- Philip Seymour HoffmanGeorge Willis, Jr.
- Richard VentureW.R. Slade
- Bradley WhitfordRandy
- Ron EldardOfficer Gore
- Rochelle OliverGretchen
- Margaret EgintonGail
- Tom Riis FarrellGarry
- Nicholas SadlerHarry Havemeyer
Stills
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Themes
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