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- 1993
- PG-13
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 43 m
- 1993
- PG-13
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 43 m
Summary Two elderly, eccentric, next-door neighbors sustain a rancorous relationship that only a wise observer could recognize as a very special friendship. When a lonely, flamboyant, middle-aged widow moves in across the street from them, the male rivalry begins. (Warner Bros.)
Directed By: Donald Petrie
Written By: Mark Steven Johnson
- 1993
- PG-13
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 43 m
- 1993
- PG-13
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 43 m
Grumpy Old Men
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7.2
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Summary Two elderly, eccentric, next-door neighbors sustain a rancorous relationship that only a wise observer could recognize as a very special friendship. When a lonely, flamboyant, middle-aged widow moves in across the street from them, the male rivalry begins. (Warner Bros.)
Directed By: Donald Petrie
Written By: Mark Steven Johnson
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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56% Positive
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31% Mixed
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13% Negative
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2 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
53
56% Positive
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
31% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
13% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Grumpy Old Men is the kind of holiday movie a lot of people are searching for. It's cheerful, it's well under two hours and it doesn't concern any major social blights, unless you think Jack Lemmon tossing a dead fish into Walter Matthau's car is cause for alarm.
It's not "The Odd Couple," despite the nostalgic casting of the male leads, but it has a few laughs, and Matthau carries rubber-faced comedy into a new dimension. [7 Jan 1994]
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 35 User Ratings
7.2
63% Positive
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37% Mixed
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 35 User Ratings
7.2
63% Positive
22 Ratings
22 Ratings
37% Mixed
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
0% Negative
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(Owen McKenna Rio Rancho, NM)
Grumpy Old Men is hilarious. Matthau and Lemmon together are fantastic. I wanted a good laugh and decided to watch this movie this weekend. I've watched this movie so many times you would think I would get tired of it. It has to be one of my favorites. If you haven't seen it yet get it and enjoy. It's great.
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The film barely skims the grimmer realities of growing old - sickness, money problems, loneliness and death. Still, you couldn't think of two better Grinches to spend the holiday with than Lemmon and Matthau. [23 Dec 1993, p.5D]
All things considered, Grumpy Old Men might have fared better re-worked as a domestic drama that took full advantage of its talented cast, with the lame funnybone attempts left, like the ubiquitous dead fish, buried in the backseat.
If you're young enough to have missed some of the better Lemmon-Matthau pairings, like "The Fortune Cookie" or "The Odd Couple," then Grumpy Old Men won't seem so grumpy. [25 Dec 1993, p.2]
Watching Matthau and Lemmon in this vehicle is sometimes hard to stomach after knowing that they are worthy of so much more. Instead of making anyone laugh all it's poor, cheap comedy does is make you cringe for these respectable actors.
Grumpy, dopey and wheezy. In this dispiriting spectacle of feuding codgers, two of the finer comic actors of their genration are reduced to being cute and talking dirty. [31 Dec 1993, p.C3]
Really funny movie. Wasn't expecting this to be a good movie I was wrong. Great story good acting and funny.
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"Grumpy Old Men" is a 1993 Donald Petrie film about two feuding old men (Lemmon, Matthau) who step up their game to woo their new neighbor (Ann-Margret). Let me start off by saying that I love both Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon and I have heard of how the two of them are often paired together on film. This is the first film I've seen with the both of them in it and I can tell why they were paired together here. The chemistry between Matthau and Lemmon is really noticeable throughout this film - they really love working with each other. Everyone else's performances were also very well done. The movie was also pretty funny overall, but what surprised me the most was that this film featured some very touching and heartwarming scenes within it. Honestly, I can say that this movie surprised me all together. I thought I was only going to get a 90 minute film of two old men swearing at each other. What I got was that, but with very great acting, subplot development, tonal diversity, and more. "Grumpy Old Men" is a film that I watched with a genuine smile on my face.
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Awards
BMI Film & TV Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
American Comedy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
