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California Suite (1978)

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Reviews Counted: 19
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Playwright Neil Simon turned to the hotel setting he used so successfully in his stage-play (later a movie) Plaza Suite to explore four more human dramas in his play California Suite, which was adapted into this quite successful movie. In the first episode, the divorced couple of Bill and Hannah Warren (Alan Alda and Jane Fonda) have rented a suite in a posh Beverly Hills hotel in order to have a discussion about who will get the custody of their child. In the next episode, Sidney Cochran and

PG, 1 hr. 43 min.

Comedy, Romance

Directed By: Herbert Ross

Written By: Neil Simon

In Theaters: Dec 15, 1978 Wide

On DVD: Jan 2, 2002

Cast

Alan Alda
Bill Warren
Michael Caine
Sidney Cochran
Bill Cosby
Dr. Willis Panama
Jane Fonda
Hannah Warren
Walter Matthau
Marvin Michaels
Elaine May
Millie Michaels
Richard Pryor
Dr. Chauncy Gump
Maggie Smith
Diana Barrie
Gloria E. Gifford
Lola Gump
Sheila Frazier
Bettina Panama
Herb Edelman
Harry Michaels
Army Archerd
Himself
Gino Ardito
Plumber
Nora Boland
Passenger
Michael F. Boyle
Desk Clerk
Judith M. Brown
Oscar Winner
Brian Cummings
Autograph Seeker
Buddy Douglas
Page
Denise Galik
Bunny
Rita Gomez
Maid
Kelly Harmon
John Hawker
Sky Cap
Gary Hendrix
Oscar Winner's Date
Len Lawson
Frank
David Matthau
Bellboy
Tawny Moyer
Stewardess
Lupe Ontiveros
Maid
Christopher Pennock
Policeman
Dana Plato
Jenny
David Rini
Airline Rep.
Jack Scanlan
P.R. Man
David Sheehan
Himself
Clint Young
Doorman
James Espinoza
Busboy
Tina Menard
Maid
James Coburn
Bert May
Eddie Villery
Waiter
Jerrold Ziman
Man on Phone

Critic Reviews for California Suite

All Critics (19) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (11) | Rotten (8) | DVD (7)

Less than successful, veering from poignant emotionalism to broad slapstick in sudden shifts.

October 3, 2007 Full Review Source: Variety

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Variety Staff

Variety

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Means middle-class angst covered with a thin veneer of snappy one-liners and presented in the most anonymous directorial style imaginable.

October 3, 2007 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

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The West Coast version of Plaza Suite.

June 4, 2009 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

An all-star bitch fest, slickly served.

October 3, 2007 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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TV Guide's Movie Guide

Quick and varied comedy, highly suited to Neil Simon's machine-gun gag-writing.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Time Out

Maggie Smith won a seond, Supporting Oscar for playing a hard-drinking, hard-talking actress who complains to her bisexual antique-dealer husband (Michael Caine), "Acting doesn't win Oscars. What I need is a dying father."

December 24, 2005 Comment (1)

Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

Dire: good actors playing the worst versions of one-dimensional Neil Simon joke machines.

September 16, 2005 Comment

Nick Davis

Nick's Flick Picks

sharp script and acting

February 26, 2005 Comments (2)

Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

Offensive, stupid, and embarrassing.

July 8, 2004 Comment

Jake Euker

F5 (Wichita, KS) Source: F5 (Wichita, KS)

California Suite offers audiences a fine blend of laughter and variety which is the spice of good comic cinema.

January 27, 2004 Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality and Practice

Middle-level Simon, bright lines, brightly delivered, but too theatrical.

April 4, 2003 Comment

Nell Minow

Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

All-star Neil Simon adaptation houses enough laughs to warrant a visit.

July 25, 2002 Comment

Scott Weinberg

eFilmCritic.com

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Good movie, GREAT cast

October 8, 2008

Ken Stachnik

Super Reviewer

Neil Simon don't do a very good work, like another films written by he. The first hour, California Suite is nothing poignant. After, the movie get better, but the audience in that point don't want continue to watch.

May 11, 2011

Lucas Martins

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