Worst acting, worst script, worst screenplay, ever.
"YOU! YOU LITTLE CHICKEN S**T!" How many times was that ridiculous phrase used? Lost count.
"Blood! REAL blood!" (When the son in law cut his ankle with the dishes.)
As opposed to "fake" blood?
"This place sucks!" Harry's daughter say's to him after.
Who the wrote this script, a fifth grader?!
Certainly not one of Newman's better films. Though I did enjoy him in it, the rest of the movie overall isn't much to look at. I just didn't like Robby Benson from the start, I wish somebody would've told him not to wear those short jean cutoffs.
Paul really saved the film with his performance.
"I know you're in there, Fagerstrom!"-Conan O'Brien
Paul was terrific as always, Robby was awful as usual, and this movie is largely forgotten -- though I have to say, outside of Robby's performance, it's not bad.
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I loved this film and found it very sad throughout and espesh when the Dad died.
if it were up to me I'd chose to speak like Humphrey Bogart, but....it isn't
I never made it through the whole film but was really thrown off when the son starts a fling with his boss because I had assumed he was gay the whole time up to that point (which was entirely my fault but seriously, what was with those magnum p.i. jean shorts?).
shareHow old are you Maybe730? You must be a little kid this movie was made in the 80's when alot of guys use to wear those shorts.
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Obviously Paul Newman had a large hand in this, producer and director, possibly writer too... would have to check. He came from a time when the F bomb didn't have to be dropped every other line, or someone spurting blood from any number of holes shot with a Hollywood repeater.
This movie tells a story and has some depth of character to it. Albeit yes Robbie Benson could be replaced with a cardboard cut-out. Some people just enjoy movies on a fifth grade level, a la fart jokes, and endless sexual references.