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A Balasaur Score of 76 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.4/10, Rotten Tomatoes 89%, Metacritic 70/100. Scores higher than 90% of the 1,388 1990s comedy movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul tells homeless Rashid that he wouldn't mind a short-term housemate. Still grieving over his wife's murder, Paul is moved by both Rashid's quest to reconnect with his father and Auggie's discovery that a woman who might be his daughter is about to give birth.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes89%
Metacritic70/100
545 audience votes
Key crew
- Wayne WangDirector
- Rachel PortmanOriginal Music Composer
- Paul AusterWriter
Cast
- Harvey KeitelAugustus 'Auggie' Wren
- William HurtPaul Benjamin
- Stockard ChanningRuby McNutt
- Harold PerrineauThomas 'Rashid' Cole
- Forest WhitakerCyrus Cole
- Giancarlo Esposito1st OTB Man / Tommy
- José Zúñiga2nd OTB Man / Jerry
- Stephen GevedonOTB Man #3 / Dennis
- Jared HarrisJimmy Rose
- Ashley JuddFelicity
- Victor ArgoVinnie
- Michelle HurstAunt Em
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Themes
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