Mixed Nuts (1994)
Average Rating: 2.8/10
Reviews Counted: 28
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 26
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Average Rating: 2.5/10
Critic Reviews: 7
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 7
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Movie Info
A holiday comedy with dark overtones, Mixed Nuts presents a supposedly humorous look at the behind-the-scenes events at a crisis hotline on Christmas Eve. Philip (Steve Martin) runs Lifesavers, a Venice, California organization dedicated to helping the depressed and troubled. Unfortunately, Philip is a bit down himself, having learned that Lifesavers is on the verge of eviction. His staff isn't feeling particularly helpful either, with Mrs. Munchnik (Madeline Kahn) giving gruff, often insulting
Dec 21, 1994 Wide
Dec 4, 2001
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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Cast
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Steve Martin
Philip -
Madeline Kahn
Blanche Munchnik -
Robert Klein
Mr. Lobel -
Anthony LaPaglia
Felix -
Juliette Lewis
Gracie Barzini -
Rob Reiner
Dr. Kinsky -
Adam Sandler
Louie -
Liev Schreiber
Chris -
Rita Wilson
Catherine O'Shaughnessy -
Garry Shandling
Stanley Tannenbaum -
Caroline Aaron
Hotline Caller -
Sidney Armus
Chris' Father -
Michael Badalucco
AAA Driver -
Henry Brown
Police -
Victor Garber
Irate Neighbor -
Mary Gross
Hotline Caller -
Brian Markinson
Policeman/Voice of Obsc... -
Steve Randazzo
Detective -
Diane Sokolow
Chris' Mother -
Steven Wright
Man at Pay Phone -
Joely Fisher
Susan -
Parker Posey
Rollerblader -
Christine Cavanaugh
Police -
Haley Joel Osment
Little Boy
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All Critics (28) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (26) | DVD (8)
Director/co-scripter Nora Ephron pitches the humor at a cacophonous level and displays the comedic equivalent of two left feet in evolving an absurdist, slapstick yarn.
Top CriticEphron's timing and sensitivity have deserted her, leaving behind only the sentimentality.
A title song incorporating the names of nut varieties is only one of the film's desperate ploys.
Gag.
Is there anything more excruciating than failed farce?
Every character shines with such dazzling intensity and such inexhaustible comic invention that the movie becomes tiresome, like too many clowns.
A relentlessly hectic, poorly structured farce that falls embarrassingly flat.
The beginning of Steve Martin's non-funny comedies. Ephron should know better as well.
Martin's comedic talents show no signs of life in this truly abysmal adaptation of a superior French farce...
A dreadful, dreary would-be dark comedy.
Quirky, enjoyable comedy with an unknown Parker Posey on roller skates and Adam Sandler being charming in a real minor part.
Awful -- even worse when you think about the caliber of talent involved
Terrible comedy with a few amusing moments. Not dark enough on one end, not silly enough on the other.
Odd, oddly likable little comedy.
So many nuts, so few laughs
Horrible...horrible...horrible!
Steve Martin can be good, and also very, very bad. This is an example of the latter.
One of the most poorly conceived, inept, and ridiculous motion pictures ever greenlighted in Hollywood.
How to take a stellar cast and do absolutely nothing with it.
Most of the film goes awry with far too many misfired, ill-conceived gags.
A typical sight gag is people rollerbladding down the street carrying a Christmas tree between them. An irritated boyfriend then runs into them and knocks the tree over. Boy, that one sure put me in stitches.
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- Gracie Barzini: It's burlap... which is really itchy unless you're dead.
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