Nobody's Fool
1995
| Paramount Pictures | Release Date: January 13, 1995 |
Starring:
Bruce Willis, Dylan Walsh, Gene Saks, Jessica Tandy, Josef Sommer, Melanie Griffith, Paul Newman, Philip Bosco, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Pruitt Taylor Vince
Summary:
An aging scoundrel (Paul Newman) is given a second chance at being a father when his estranged son and grandson come to town with problems only he can solve.
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It's a simple-seeming but luminous movie, an intelligent, very funny and dead-on small-town comedy-drama adapted and directed by Robert Benton from Richard Russo's gently humorous 1993 novel. [13 Jan 1995, p.C]
Benton and novelist Russo are particularly good at bringing out the grit and grace of small towns, where concern for one's neighbors and sheer nosiness are two sides of the same coin. But above all, Nobody's Fool is another triumph for one of our greatest and most enduring movie actors. [13 Jan 1995, p.3E]
Nobody's Fool is an actors' showcase and a dramatist's doodle. But what an actor. Newman's eloquent, understated portrayal of a jovial heel ranks among his greatest. [13 Jan 1995, p.8]
Despite its star, Nobody's Fool remains a mediocre film. Adapted by director Robert Benton from Richard Russo's novel, the movie is sluggish and gray, too often using banal talk show psychology to resolve its characters' issues. [13 Jan 1995, p.4G]
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