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The Hotel New Hampshire (1984)

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Average Rating: 6.3/10
Reviews Counted: 13
Fresh: 10 | Rotten: 3

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Release Date: Mar 9, 1984 Wide

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This macabre, whimsical, erotic, dark, seriocomic film is a complex tale about an eccentric family and the psychological and emotional maelstroms that follow them around from New England to New York to Vienna, where the Hotel New Hampshire is located. Writer-director Tony Richardson worked from the convoluted novel by John Irving that covers most universally saleable topics -- homosexuality, death, incest, abandonment, Nazis, masochism, terrorists, rape, mental instability, and anarchists. The

R, 1 hr. 50 min.

Drama, Comedy

Directed By: Tony Richardson

In Theaters: Mar 9, 1984 Wide

On DVD: Jul 10, 2001

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Cast

Jodie Foster
Franny
Beau Bridges
Father/Win Berry
Rob Lowe
John
Nastassja Kinski
Susie the bear
Wilford Brimley
Iowa Bob
Dorsey Wright
Junior Jones
Jennifer Dundas
Lilly
Matthew Modine
Chip Dove/Ernst
Paul McCrane
Frank
Anita Morris
Ronda Ray
Amanda Plummer
Miss Miscarriage
Lisa Banes
Mother
Seth Green
Egg
Wallace Shawn
Freud
Gayle Garfinkle
Doris Walker/Screaming ...
Jonelle Allen
Sabrina
Wally Aspell
Hotel Manager
Louis Di Bianco
Bartender
Norris Domingue
High School Band Conduc...
Arthur Grosser
American Husband
Richard Jutras
Lenny Metz
Walter Massey
Texan
Joely Richardson
Waitress
Jean-Louis Roux
Old Billie
Michele Scarabelli
Chip Dove's Girl Friend
Cali Timmins
Bitty Tuck
Anthony Ulc
Chip Dove Gang Member
Timothy Webber
Wrench
Jeffrey Cohen
New York Journalist
Jon Hutman
Reporter
Janine Manatis
Schwanger
Jerome Tiberghien
Stunts
Joan Heney
Connecticut Woman
Roger Blay
Arbiter
Adrian Aron
American Woman
Jade D. Bari
Jolanta
Lorena Gale
Dark Inge
Tara O'Donnell
American Daughter
Johnny O'Neil
Chester Pulaski
Fred Doederlein
Finnish Doctor
Linda Clark
German Woman
Robert Thomas
Harold Swallow

Critic Reviews for The Hotel New Hampshire

All Critics (17) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (3) | DVD (2)

Erratic failure of comedy featuring Jodie Foster, Beau Bridges.

May 4, 2008 Comment

Steve Crum

Video-Reviewmaster.com

Celebrates one family's resiliency in facing the accidents and perplexities of sex, violence and death.

July 23, 2003 Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality and Practice

Too deliberately quirky, but always watchable.

February 2, 2003 Comment

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Veers between brilliance and banality with an almost manic enthusiasm.

July 10, 2002 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Andrew Howe

eFilmCritic.com

So-so John Irving adaptation suffers from cinematic schizophrenia.

August 28, 2001 Full Review Source: Apollo Guide

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Scott Weinberg

Apollo Guide

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An extremely weird story, about a lot of weird things that happen to this family, and they just keep getting weirder. I wasn't sure if this movie was weird in a good way or a bad way, so I'll just say it's okay.

September 6, 2010

AJ Verser

Super Reviewer

This writer-director Tony Richardson's film suffers from a frenetic pace designed to cram each idiosyncratic detail of the source material onto celluloid. Incest, rape, suicide, terrorism and sexuality issues populate the novel, but its author handles these and other cultural touchstone issues with weight and dignity.

December 4, 2006

Dean McKenna

Super Reviewer

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