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Nothing in Common

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Original title

Nothing in Common

Year

1986

Running time

120 min.

Country

United States

Director

Garry Marshall

Screenwriter

Rick Podell, Michael Preminger

Cast

Music

Patrick Leonard

Cinematography

John A. Alonzo

Producer

Delphi Films, Rastar, TriStar Pictures

Genre

Comedy

Synopsis

David Basner is a successful advertising executive who has it all: Money, happiness, and women who want him. Then one day his world falls apart when his mother leaves his father. Now, he must balance his life between his mother, who is happy with her newfound independence, and his father, a recently laid off salesman who is hard-headed, stubborn, and hides a lot from David. Now David must cope with the downfall of his family and his life.

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Critics' reviews

"A product of hard work and careful consideration, yet nothing breaks through the craft--there's no personal drive to it."

Dave Kehr: Chicago Tribune
"I realize that Nothing in Common wants to surprise us by inserting tragedy in the midst of laughter, but the problem is, the serious parts of this movie are so much more interesting (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"'Nothing in Common' starts out like yet another yuppie Tom Hanks comedy--until it takes off in a surprising and unexpectedly rewarding direction. Never has Hanks or Jackie Gleason been better."

Kevin Thomas: Los Angeles Times
"The movie is facile and manipulative, but it can't hide the gifts of Jackie Gleason in the role of Hanks' father."

Bill Cosford: Miami Herald
"An uncommonly funny drama, its painful truths brightened by Hanks' clowning glory and Gleason's glowering deadpan."

Rita Kempley: The Washington Post

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