Nobody's Fool (1994)
Average Rating: 7.7/10
Reviews Counted: 40
Fresh: 36 | Rotten: 4
It's solidly directed by Robert Benton and stacked with fine performances from an impressive cast, but above all, Nobody's Fool is a showcase for some of Paul Newman's best late-period work.
Average Rating: 8/10
Critic Reviews: 11
Fresh: 11 | Rotten: 0
It's solidly directed by Robert Benton and stacked with fine performances from an impressive cast, but above all, Nobody's Fool is a showcase for some of Paul Newman's best late-period work.
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Paul Newman earned an Oscar nomination (and won citations from the New York Film Critics Circle and the Berlin International Film Festival) for his performance in this well-drawn comedy-drama. Sully (Newman) is a 60-year-old man who emotionally seems to have never quite emerged from adolescence; scraping by on part-time work in construction, Sully has built a life around avoiding responsibility. He hasn't spoken with his ex-wife (Elizabeth Wilson) in years, he lives in a rooming house owned by
Dec 23, 1994 Wide
Sep 9, 2003
Paramount Home Video
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Cast
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Paul Newman
Sully -
Jessica Tandy
Miss Beryl -
Bruce Willis
Carl Roebuck -
Melanie Griffith
Toby Roebuck -
Dylan Walsh
Peter -
Pruitt Taylor Vince
Rub Squeers -
Gene Saks
Wirf -
Josef Sommer
Clive Peoples Jr. -
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Officer Raymer -
Philip Bosco
Judge Flatt -
Margo Martindale
Birdy -
Jay Patterson
Jocko -
Alice Drummond
Hattie -
Page Johnson
C. W. Lomax -
Richard Mawe
Ralph -
Jerry Mayer
Ollie Quinn -
Joe Paparone
Rufus -
Angela Pietropinto
Cass -
Marcus Powell
Whit -
Elizabeth Wilson
Vera (uncredited) -
Carl J. Matusovich
Wacker
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All Critics (41) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (38) | Rotten (4) | DVD (13)
By giving his movie a very effective realistic look, by helping his actors to shape strongly believable performances, even when they are doing implausible things, Benton lends credence to...inspirational fibs.
Top CriticBenton's quietly superb adaptation of Richard Russo's novel is one of those movies you thought they didn't make anymore.
It says everything about Mr. Newman's performance, the single best of this year and among the finest he has ever given, that you never stop to wonder how a guy as good-looking as Paul Newman ended up this way.
It's a gem.
This is a feel-good flick that doesn't look like one -- it's smart enough to hide its smooth polish beneath a scuffed-up veneer.
It benefits from the confidence of Newman's performance.
The tagline for Nobody's Fool was 'Worn to perfection.' That sums up the life and acting career of Paul Newman.
Paul Newman's Oscar-nominated performance and Robert Benton's solid, unobtrusive direction combine to create a resonant if unsurprising meditation on growing old in America.
Gentle, witty and delightful without ever being manipulative, Nobody's Fool is adult entertainment of rare quality.
In Benton's low-key tale, Paul Newman gives one of his best performances as an aging loser, a construction worker who's made "nothing" of his life; divorced and alientaed from his kids, he lives in the house of his old teacher (the great Jessica Tandy)
Solid acting performances across the board, with Newman's star shining brightly the whole way through.
A low-key but very affecting character-comedy with Paul Newman playing the kind of charismatic rebel that made him a star in the first place.
Newman in fine late-career form.
Newman is strength of fine character study
A skinny package containing the film itself and nothing else.
The success of Nobody's Fool lies with its actors.
At 72, Paul Newman was still one of the sexiest men on earth
Nobody's Fool offers a hell of a lot more than just Paul Newman at his very best, although that alone would make the flick worthy of your attention.
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Foreign Titles
- Nobody's Fool - Auf Dauer unwiderstehlich (DE)
