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- 1987
- PG
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 47 m
- 1987
- PG
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 47 m
Summary An adaptation of "Cyrano de Bergerac", starring a big-hearted, and big-nosed fire chief (Steve Martin) who falls in love with a beautiful astronomer (Daryl Hannah).
Directed By: Fred Schepisi
Written By: Edmond Rostand, Steve Martin
- 1987
- PG
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 47 m
- 1987
- PG
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 47 m
Roxanne
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7.3
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Summary An adaptation of "Cyrano de Bergerac", starring a big-hearted, and big-nosed fire chief (Steve Martin) who falls in love with a beautiful astronomer (Daryl Hannah).
Directed By: Fred Schepisi
Written By: Edmond Rostand, Steve Martin
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
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79% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
16% Mixed
3 Reviews
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5% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
73
79% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
16% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
5% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Brilliant and hilarious. [29 July 1987]
I can't think of a current movie in which every element is in such balance: Martin seems unfettered, expansive, utterly at ease, capable of any physical feat (except possibly drinking from a wine glass without a straw). There's a tenderness to him that's magnetic. Daryl Hannah's Roxanne, an astronomer, is smart and sublimely beautiful all at once, her skin apricot-colored in this mountain sun, her face rhapsodic as she talks about muons, gluons and quarks.
What makes Roxanne so wonderful is not this fairly straightforward comedy, however, but the way the movie creates a certain ineffable spirit.
A pleasant surprise. It's a gentle, unforced adult comedy that capitalizes on situations rather than gags. [19 June 1987, p.1D]
You want to go to the town; you want to go back to the movie. It has a mellow, dotty charm.
Aussie director Fred Schepisi, who has elsewhere handled much rougher material, does a professional job of creating a breezy atmosphere, but in the end it’s hopelessly sappy stuff.
It takes a party pooper to point out that it's not very
good. But this is one party that people familiar with the play -
especially people familiar with Heath Lambert's memorable performance in
the title role - would do well to pass up: every addition to the original
results in subtraction. [19 June 1987]
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 13 User Ratings
7.3
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 13 User Ratings
7.3
62% Positive
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38% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
