For decades, next-door neighbors and former friends John and Max have feuded, trading insults and wicked pranks. When an attractive widow moves in nearby, their bad blood erupts into a high-stakes rivalry full of naughty jokes and adolescent hijinks.
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Film Cast:
- John Gustafson: Jack Lemmon
- Max Goldman: Walter Matthau
- Ariel Truax: Ann-Margret
- Grandpa Gustafson: Burgess Meredith
- Melanie: Daryl Hannah
- Jacob Goldman: Kevin Pollak
- Chuck: Ossie Davis
- Snyder: Buck Henry
- Mike: Christopher McDonald
- Moving Man: John Carroll Lynch
- Weatherman: Steve Cochran
- Pharmacist: Joe Howard
- Nurse: Isabell O’Connor
- Fisherman: Charles Brin
- Fisherman: Oliver Osterberg
Film Crew:
- Director: Donald Petrie
- Original Music Composer: Alan Silvestri
- Producer: Richard C. Berman
- Editor: Bonnie Koehler
- Director of Photography: Johnny E. Jensen
- Art Direction: Mark Haack
- Special Effects Coordinator: Peter Albiez
- Chief Lighting Technician: Patrick Marshall
- Key Costumer: Trina Mrnak
- Location Manager: Cat Thompson
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Rick Hart
- Foley: Ellen Heuer
- Dialogue Editor: Vic Radulich
- Special Effects Supervisor: Greg C. Jensen
- Musician: Tom Boyd
- Associate Producer: Kathy Sarreal
- Casting: Sharon Howard-Field
- Second Assistant Director: Molly Muir
- Leadman: Chris Gibbin
- Boom Operator: Mark Steinbeck
- Dialogue Editor: Mike Szakmeister
- Stunts: Bill McIntosh
- First Assistant Camera: Jimmy E. Jensen
- Costume Supervisor: Keith G. Lewis
- Music Editor: Andrew Silver
- Production Accountant: Kim Bodner
- Administration: Peter L. Mullin
- Costume Design: Lisa Jensen
- Dialogue Editor: Christopher Assells
- ADR Editor: Linda Folk
- Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Kim Waugh
- Stunts: Spiro Razatos
- Title Designer: Wayne Fitzgerald
- First Assistant Director: Douglas E. Wise
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Tom E. Dahl
- Second Unit: Rosalie Seifert
- Orchestrator: William Ross
- Administration: Gregory J. Niska
- Set Decoration: Clay A. Griffith
- Makeup Artist: Linda Melazzo
- First Assistant Director: Randy Suhr
- Foley: Kevin Bartnof
- ADR Supervisor: Jessica Gallavan
- Foley Editor: Eric Gotthelf
- Sound Recordist: David Behle
- Best Boy Electrician: Hugh Langtry
- Assistant Editor: Trudy Yee
- Construction Foreman: Blaine Marcou
- Special Effects: Shelly Hawkos
- Administration: Tom Sann
- Hairstylist: Linda Rizzuto
- Key Makeup Artist: Rick Sharp
- Assistant Property Master: Jerry Swift
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Robert J. Litt
- Stunt Coordinator: Ernie F. Orsatti
- Chief Lighting Technician: Pat Blymyer
- Scoring Mixer: Dennis S. Sands
- Production Accountant: Susan Montgomery
- Executive Producer: Dan Kolsrud
- Property Master: Jim Zemansky
- Stunts: Ray Lykins
- First Assistant Camera: Christopher M. Fisher
- Unit Publicist: Michael Singer
- Associate Producer: Darlene K. Chan
- Researcher: Aryn Chapman
- Sound Effects Editor: Randy Kelley
- Supervising Sound Effects Editor: Mark P. Stoeckinger
- Still Photographer: Ron Phillips
- Construction Coordinator: Douglas Dick
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Wayne Heitman
- Foley Editor: Patrick N. Sellers
- First Assistant Editor: Adam C. Frank
- Color Timer: Dale E. Grahn
- Supervising Music Editor: Kenneth Karman
- Dialogue Editor: Chris Hogan
- Camera Operator: Dick Colean
- Assistant Costume Designer: Elizabeth Shelton
- Location Manager: Dave Halls
- ADR & Dubbing: Thomas J. O’Connell
- Key Grip: Richard Moran
- Key Costumer: Hala Bahmet
- Administration: Lisa D. Menke
- Hairstylist: Linda De Andrea
- Assistant Art Director: Jack E. Pelissier Jr.
- Assistant Sound Editor: Cybele O’Brien
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Elliot Tyson
- Assistant Sound Editor: Victor Ray Ennis
- Production Sound Mixer: Russell C. Fager
- Rigging Gaffer: Tim Marshall
- Negative Cutter: Donah Bassett
- Script Supervisor: Susan Bierbaum
- ADR & Dubbing: Rick Canelli
- Special Effects: Keane Bonath
- Associate Editor: Steve Schoenberg
- Production Design: David Chapman
- Producer: John Davis
- Writer: Mark Steven Johnson
Movie Reviews:
- John Chard: Do me a favour. Put your lip over your head… and swallow.
- Grumpy Old Men is directed by Donald Petrie and written by Mark Steven Johnson. It stars Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon, Ann-Margret, Kevin Pollack, Burgess Meredith, Ossie Davis, Daryl Hannah and Buck Henry. Music is by Alan Silvestri and cinematography by Johnny E. Jensen.
- A lifelong feud between two neighbours has been continuing since for ever. Now in the twilight of their lives, things get worse when a new female neighbour moves across the street.
- A perennially fun viewing experience, one that boasts a wonderfully mature cast having a good time in the process. It would be easy to decry the formula, the trajectory of where it will go, and maybe stand tall and proclaim the writing isn’t up to the standard of a Wilder or Simon movie, but that’s kind of missing the point. It’s a new era of film and the makers of Grumpy Old Men have tailored it to suit impressively the twin talents of Matthau and Lemmon. Both of whom are wonderful, their chemistry set in cement, their timing and reactions to scripting an utter joy. It’s not without problems, anyone can see that, especially when the film veers onto the drama path, but the comedy over rides it all to leave a adult friendly holiday movie full of warmth and chuckles. 7/10
- Andre Gonzales: Really funny movie. Wasn’t expecting this to be a good movie I was wrong. Great story good acting and funny.