The Big Chill (1983)

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7.2	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Lawrence Kasdan

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Tom Berenger
Sam

Glenn Close
Sarah

Jeff Goldblum
Michael

William Hurt
Nick

Kevin Kline
Harold

Mary Kay Place
Meg

Meg Tilly
Chloe

JoBeth Williams
Karen

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A very good movie

10 years, 2 months ago at Feb 26 14:09

johanlefourbe

1 vote

Back in the 80’s, Lawrence Kasdan was really on fire. Not only he wrote some of the biggest box-office successes of the time (‘Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back’, ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’, ‘Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi’) , he managed also to launch a very successful directing career as well. Unfortunately, later on, his movies were honestly not that good a... read more

The Big Chill

9 years ago at Apr 13 18:40

JxSxPx

1 vote

Count me in as one of the detractors of this film. As one of the many who this as Exhibit A of what can, and does, make the Baby Boomer generation so goddamn insufferable whenever they go off on their “You had to be there, man” nostalgia riffs. The film views these characters with sympathy, but I couldn’t muster up much for them.

This group of people can’t seem to look beyo... read more

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Description: Embraced by the Baby Boomer generation and spawning countless imitators, the sophomore film of writer-director Lawrence Kasdan was a successful comedy-drama with a best selling soundtrack of Motown hits. A cluster of old college radicals who have since gone on to sundry professions and various degrees of materialism reunite over the death of a friend. Both playful and thoughtful, the film represents Kasdan at his most astute. The attractive cast meshes perfectly into a group of characters for which a former closeness is out of sync with their current lives, yet their warmth is enviable and inviting. The script may be a bit too g ... (more)

Release date: 30 September 1983
UPC: 043396026322

Tags: Drama (9), Funeral (6), Friendship (5), Comedy (4), Suicide (4), Reunion (4), Death (3), 1983 (3), Pregnancy (3), 1980s (3), Church (2), 1960s (2), Female Nudity (2), Regret (2), Midlife Crisis (2), Cocaine (2), Friend (2)

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