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- 1994
- PG-13
- TriStar Pictures
- 1 h 37 m
- 1994
- PG-13
- TriStar Pictures
- 1 h 37 m
Summary Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, the only creatures stirring were a transvestite, a homicidal Santa, a serial killer, the staff of a suicide hotline and a very crazy pregnant woman. (Sony Pictures)
Directed By: Nora Ephron
Written By: Delia Ephron, Nora Ephron
- 1994
- PG-13
- TriStar Pictures
- 1 h 37 m
- 1994
- PG-13
- TriStar Pictures
- 1 h 37 m
Mixed Nuts
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4.2
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Summary Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, the only creatures stirring were a transvestite, a homicidal Santa, a serial killer, the staff of a suicide hotline and a very crazy pregnant woman. (Sony Pictures)
Directed By: Nora Ephron
Written By: Delia Ephron, Nora Ephron
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Overwhelming Dislike
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
14
0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
13% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
88% Negative
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
Metascore
Overwhelming Dislike
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
14
0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
13% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
88% Negative
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
It's hard to create snap-crackling languor or laid-back frenzy. And there's also something condescending in the entire conception of Mixed Nuts. [21 Dec 1994, p.7]
Mixed Nuts, opening today at Bay Area movie theaters, is laced generously with chuckles, though it neglects one little detail that helps make movies satisfying: a plot. [21 Dec 1994, p.E1]
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 26 User Ratings
4.2
31% Positive
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
15% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
54% Negative
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 26 User Ratings
4.2
31% Positive
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
15% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
54% Negative
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
this is one of the funniest movie i seen steve martin & adam sandler crack me up with transvestite liev he made me laugh so hard and dancing bit crack up
guys & girls put on this movie u be laughing so hard
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This is the BEST holiday movie ever!!!!
It has a plot, it has romance, it has comedy and the cast is stellar! Madeline and a transvestite Liev are exceptional characters. It is great to see a mid-1990s film with so many fun moments!
If you need some laughs during your holiday, this film will make your day!
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Maybe there's too much talent. Every character shines with such dazzling intensity and such inexhaustible comic invention that the movie becomes tiresome, like too many clowns.
Despite the talents involved, including Steve Martin and director and co-writer Nora Ephron, the result is a messy, almost desperately mirthless thing Mixed Nuts an empty shell. [23 Dec 1994, p.C6]
But though there's half a cashew of Steve Martin's amazing physical comedy, a couple of pecans of Sven Nyqvist's beautiful cinematography and a few eye-catching filberts of very Venice-y set decoration, it's not nearly enough to satisfy. Be forewarned: Open this can of Mixed Nuts and you'll find nothing but a bunch of goobers.
Staged as pure fluff without an ounce of ballast, Mixed Nuts succeeds only in getting its cast into Halloween-caliber crazy costumes by the time it's over.
Veteran comics like Steve Martin and Madeleine Kahn wrestle valiantly with the incoherent story and ham-fisted dialogue, but it's a losing battle all the way. [30 Dec 1994]
An oddball comedy about a group of lonely misfits coming together on Christmas Eve that tries just about every style of humor there is. I like how it acknowledges how depressing the holiday season can be for those who are alone, broke, or just all around down on their luck without sacrificing the kind of hope and magic that can only be found during this time of the year.
The jokes are going to be too scattershot for some with gags ranging from slapstick to accidental murder, but I couldn't stop laughing. It's charming in that way only quirky mid-'90s comedies can be. There are tons of lines I'll be quoting years from now. Most of which come from Adam Sandler in an early role.
I don't know why a man dressed in a candy cane costume sleeping on a public bench is one of the funniest things I've ever seen, but it is.
This is isn't going to be to everyone's tastes, but I totally love it. I will admit though that not all of the material hits its mark. Characters do weird things like constantly bring up a serial killer in a way that has no bearing on anything else going on the movie until the moment where out of nowhere it does. A lot of the side-characters feel like glorified cameos and Steve Martin's performance is kind of odd. Yet it made me laugh and I could easily see myself revisiting it in the future. Honestly, it might be one of my new favorite Christmas movies.
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Solidly one of the worst films I've ever watched. I had to switch it off when one of the main characters reclaiming a gun from an abusive partner declared it needed to be emptied for gun safety then proceeds to fire it randomly, literally with her eyes closed. Unsurprisingly she shoots someone but no one seems to care!
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Production Company
TriStar Pictures
Release Date Dec 21, 1994
Duration 1 h 37 m
Rating PG-13
Tagline A Comedy On The Edge
Awards
American Comedy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
