Murphy's Romance (1985)
Average Rating: 6.8/10
Reviews Counted: 15
Fresh: 14 | Rotten: 1
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Critic Reviews: 1
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 0
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Newly divorced Emma Moriarty (Sally Field) moves herself and her young son to a small Arizona town, hoping to establish a horse farm. Town pharmacist Murphy Jones (James Garner), the town's most eligible bachelor, develops a platonic friendship with Emma, but he decides to keep his distance when her ex-husband Bobby Jack (Brian Kerwin), who claims he's changed his irresponsible ways, moves back in with her. At a party at Emma's ranch, Murphy and Bobby Jack get into a verbal row, but nothing is
Dec 25, 1985 Wide
May 16, 2000
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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Cast
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Sally Field
Emma Moriarty -
James Garner
Murphy Jones -
Brian Kerwin
Bobby Jack Moriarty -
Corey Haim
Jake Moriarty -
Dennis Burkley
Freeman Coverly -
Georgann Johnson
Margaret -
John C. Becher
Jesse Pinker -
Gene Blakely
Lucius Holt -
Michael Crabtree
Jim Forrest -
Dortha Duckworth
Bessie -
Bruce French
Rex Boyd -
Ted Gehring
Auctioneer -
Carole King
Tillie -
Anna Levine
Wanda -
Peggy McCay
Mrs. Willis -
Ron Nix
Auction Bidder -
Michael Prokopuk
Albert -
Ray Sharkey
Larry Le Beau -
Henry Slate
Fred Hite -
Charles Lane
Amos Abbott -
Irving Ravetch
Customer -
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Sherry Lynn Amorosi
Doris -
Johnny Ray Anthony
Auction Bidder -
Hugh Burritt
Kid in Car Crash -
Mike Casper
Hay Trucker -
Eugene Cochran
Jonas -
C. Ray Cook
Voice at Bingo Game -
Michael Firel
Clerk -
Marian Gibson
Mrs. Abbott -
John Higgenbotham
Boy at Barbecue -
Michael Hungerford
Auction Bidder -
Drasha Meyer
Ice Cream Lady -
Paul E. Pinnt
Auction Bidder -
Tom Rankin
Ben -
Joshua Ravetch
Henry Bass -
Art Royer
Clerk -
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All Critics (19) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (14) | Rotten (1) | DVD (3)
Mildly engaging but well acted romantic melodrama, especially by James Garner, who received his first and only Best Actor Oscar nomination for playing a small-town pharmacist.
A quirky May-December romancer that's subtle and low key in its sweetness. Garner and Field make for an unlikely romantic tandem
Amiable light rom-com.
A delightful romantic comedy about a widower and a single parent who learn to listen once again to the promptings of the hearts when love surprises them.
Audience Reviews for Murphy's Romance
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Super Reviewer
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- Murphy Jones: Stay to dinner murphy?
- Emma Moriarty: I won't do that unless I'm still here at breakfast.
- Emma Moriarty: How do you like your eggs?
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