Best Friends (1982)

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Average Rating: 5.6/10
Reviews Counted: 5
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Release Date: Dec 17, 1982 Wide

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We'd rather not speculate over how much of Best Friends is autobiographical. We'll just note that this story of a male-female screenwriting team was written by real-life married scenarists Barry Levinson and Valerie Curtin. Lovers as well as collaborators, scriveners Richard Babson (Burt Reynolds) and Paula McCullen (Goldie Hawn) decide to make their union legal. Predictably enough, they discover that their relationship goes straight downhill after they say "I do." The stars are far less

PG, 1 hr. 56 min.

Drama, Comedy

Directed By: Norman Jewison

In Theaters: Dec 17, 1982 Wide

On DVD: Jan 20, 2004

Warner Home Video

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Cast

Burt Reynolds
Richard Babson
Goldie Hawn
Paula McCullen
Jessica Tandy
Eleanor McCullen
Barnard Hughes
Tim McCullen
Audra Lindley
Ann Babson
Keenan Wynn
Tom Babson
Ron Silver
Larry Weisman
Richard Libertini
Jorge Medina
Helen Page Camp
Maid
Brian Corrigan
Waiter
David Cullinane
Waiter
Terrence Currier
Henry Spaulding
Noah Hathaway
Lyle Ballou
Jennifer Jewison
Skier
Rodney Kageyama
Meter Reader
Carol Locatell
Nellie Ballou
Mickey Martin
Robbie Batiou
Joan Pringle
Doria
Douglas Roberts
Stuart
Peggy Walton-Walker
Carol Brandon
Vincent J. Isaac
Cab Driver
Jimmy Lewis
Diner
Carol Lacatell
Mikey Martin

Critic Reviews for Best Friends

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Honest, touching and funny. An underrated gem that deserves to be rediscovered.

August 19, 2005 Comment (1)

Chuck O'Leary

Fantastica Daily

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An okay realistic family drama movie about marriage. If you ask me, it's too realistic, so much so that it's boring. Overall it's okay, though.

January 5, 2011

AJ Verser

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It wasn't a comedy, and it wasn't quite a drama. It was more like one large depression spiral of how two people can ultimately make each other unhappy no matter what they do. The music, which was Oscar nominated, was so sappy and 80's tinted that it drove me bananas, and Burt Reynolds was not his usual self confident

August 8, 2010