Nothing in Common
starring: Tom Hanks, Jackie Gleason, Eva Marie Saint, Hector Elizondo, Barry Corbin
directed by: Garry Marshall
directed by: Garry Marshall
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David Basner (Tom Hanks) is on a winning streak. He's a young, successful Chicago ad executive with two lovely women (Bess Armstrong and Sela Ward) vying for his attention. But things go awry for him when his parents (Jackie Gleason and Eva Marie Saint) decide to call it quits after 35 years of marriage. David then finds himself caught between his role of nursemaid to his father, and confidant to his mother. Long gone from the nest, David discovers that his parents are more complex than he had believed, and he gains a new appreciation of them in the process. This touching comedy/drama from director Garry Marshall (PRETTY WOMAN) contains Gleason's final film performance.
Amazon.com:
Tom Hanks wanted to prove his dramatic talent in the mid-1980s, and Nothing in Common gave him a ripe opportunity. Playing an emotionally immature Chicago advertising executive, Hanks offers a prototype of his later, better role in Big--the joking man-child with seemingly limitless reserves of energetic humor, perfectly suited to director Garry Marshall's trademark blend of featherweight comedy and sentiment. The movie wanders aimlessly before settling into its dramatic groove, involving Hanks caring for his aging, diabetic father (Jackie Gleason, well cast in his final screen role) after his mother (Eva Marie Saint) files for divorce and strikes out on her own. Like Marshall's Pretty Woman, the movie hits several grace notes and finds unexpected depth in its characters and their need for loving connections. Meanwhile, there's cheesy nostalgia in the '80s trappings, including songs by Carly Simon and Christopher Cross, and Once and Again TV star Sela Ward in an early supporting role. --Jeff Shannon
David Basner (Tom Hanks) is on a winning streak. He's a young, successful Chicago ad executive with two lovely women (Bess Armstrong and Sela Ward) vying for his attention. But things go awry for him when his parents (Jackie Gleason and Eva Marie Saint) decide to call it quits after 35 years of marriage. David then finds himself caught between his role of nursemaid to his father, and confidant to his mother. Long gone from the nest, David discovers that his parents are more complex than he had believed, and he gains a new appreciation of them in the process. This touching comedy/drama from director Garry Marshall (PRETTY WOMAN) contains Gleason's final film performance.
Amazon.com:
Tom Hanks wanted to prove his dramatic talent in the mid-1980s, and Nothing in Common gave him a ripe opportunity. Playing an emotionally immature Chicago advertising executive, Hanks offers a prototype of his later, better role in Big--the joking man-child with seemingly limitless reserves of energetic humor, perfectly suited to director Garry Marshall's trademark blend of featherweight comedy and sentiment. The movie wanders aimlessly before settling into its dramatic groove, involving Hanks caring for his aging, diabetic father (Jackie Gleason, well cast in his final screen role) after his mother (Eva Marie Saint) files for divorce and strikes out on her own. Like Marshall's Pretty Woman, the movie hits several grace notes and finds unexpected depth in its characters and their need for loving connections. Meanwhile, there's cheesy nostalgia in the '80s trappings, including songs by Carly Simon and Christopher Cross, and Once and Again TV star Sela Ward in an early supporting role. --Jeff Shannon
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- Good comedy drama movie with Jackie and Tom!
What a cast. Tom Hanks before his superstardom in Saving Private Ryan, Forrest Gump and Cast Away with the Great One,Jackie Gleason in his final movie role. The chemistry works between these two.The acting was first rate between these two. I liked this movie. Well worth watching again!
Rating: - One Of Hanks Best
I too am surprised how little people have seen this movie. While movies like Turner & Hooch, Big, & a few others get the Talk this one does shine in ways that is similar to Hooch & those others. I liked the movie.
Rating: - Nothing in Common
If you like Tom Hanks and Jackie Gleason, you'll love this DVD version of this movie.I saw it on the Pay per View channel and decided to get the DVD.Glad that I did.
Rating: - Nothing In Common
Tom Hanks in one of his best roles before superstardom.Jackie Gleason's final appearance on film.Eva Marie Saint,Sela Ward,Hector Elizondo supporting actors-wonderful!Emotional pitstop, what a great new phrase.If you have not seen this movie buy it, rent it, wait for it to come on cable,whatever but sit still for an hour and ahalf and enjoy this film.
Rating: - Not as funny as promoted, but an effective comedy-drama.
With my family on a The Honeymooners kick (including the The Lost Episodes) from Gleason's earlier variety show), they wanted to see some later work by him.
Of course, with my family also being Tom Hanks fans, this film was an easy choice for a lazy Sunday afternoon.When I first saw this film it seemed funnier to me, but perhaps that is because the serious stuff really didn't hit home at that point in my youth, but having had my father die a rather lonely and broken man in a nursing ... Read More
- Good comedy drama movie with Jackie and Tom!What a cast. Tom Hanks before his superstardom in Saving Private Ryan, Forrest Gump and Cast Away with the Great One,Jackie Gleason in his final movie role. The chemistry works between these two.The acting was first rate between these two. I liked this movie. Well worth watching again!
- One Of Hanks BestI too am surprised how little people have seen this movie. While movies like Turner & Hooch, Big, & a few others get the Talk this one does shine in ways that is similar to Hooch & those others. I liked the movie.
- Nothing in CommonIf you like Tom Hanks and Jackie Gleason, you'll love this DVD version of this movie.I saw it on the Pay per View channel and decided to get the DVD.Glad that I did.
- Nothing In CommonTom Hanks in one of his best roles before superstardom.Jackie Gleason's final appearance on film.Eva Marie Saint,Sela Ward,Hector Elizondo supporting actors-wonderful!Emotional pitstop, what a great new phrase.If you have not seen this movie buy it, rent it, wait for it to come on cable,whatever but sit still for an hour and ahalf and enjoy this film.
- Not as funny as promoted, but an effective comedy-drama.With my family on a The Honeymooners kick (including the The Lost Episodes) from Gleason's earlier variety show), they wanted to see some later work by him.
Of course, with my family also being Tom Hanks fans, this film was an easy choice for a lazy Sunday afternoon.When I first saw this film it seemed funnier to me, but perhaps that is because the serious stuff really didn't hit home at that point in my youth, but having had my father die a rather lonely and broken man in a nursing ... Read More
