Unlike so many recent movies, 'Returning Mickey Stern' doesn't telegraph how things are going to turn out -- and that's refreshing.
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04/09/03
Returning Mickey Stern (2005)
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Reviews Counted:13
Fresh:4
Rotten:9
Average Rating:4.4/10
Theatrical Release:Apr 25, 2003 Limited
Synopsis: Mickey Stern travels to Fire Island--the place where he met his sweetheart 50 years ago--in this sweet-natured comedy. Looking to revive his ailing fortunes, Mickey discovers that the island hasn't... [More]
Starring: Joseph Bologna, Tom Bosley, Connie Stevens, Renee Taylor
Director: Michael Prywes
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Aptly billed as 'a new old movie' ...proof that sentiment and saccharine need not necessarily go hand in hand.
04/28/03
Returning Mickey Stern is a sweet, well-intended picture, but like its title character, it is not quite good enough for the big leagues.
04/25/03
Top CriticFor all of its complex exposition and brimming biographical detail, it feels more like a cheaply shot film-class project than a real movie.
04/26/03
A sweet "new old comedy" that is heavy on nostalgia and light on making waves.
03/24/03
Those who are looking for something a little old-fashioned will be greatly rewarded.
05/15/03
A would-be magical romantic comedy whose execution doesn't live up to the cleverness of its central conceit.
05/07/03
High shtick content: Enter these waters at your own risk.
04/25/03
Top CriticThe always-watchable Bologna is the adhesive holding together this slight and gentle romantic comedy, lending it perhaps more conviction and authority than the material warrants.
04/25/03
Far from being charming, there's something grotesque about a desperate older man playing matchmaker to a pair of young would-be lovers, then peering at them from behind bushes and pumping each for the intimate details of their trysts.
04/24/03
A bland romantic comedy that comes up short on both laughs and love.
04/24/03
Returning Mickey Stern barely gets off first base, although the quaint Fire Island setting makes it easy on the eye.
04/25/03
The notion of grievingly happening upon your dead beloved, young and lovely again, is simple and potent, but the film's airless amateurism, belabored ethnicism ('Oy gevalt!'), and trite dialogue kill it in the water.
04/22/03
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