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Used People (1992)
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Reviews Counted:11
Fresh:5
Rotten:6
Average Rating:5.3/10
Runtime: 2 hrs
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Ethnic humor abounds in this comedy-drama set in Queens, circa 1969. The story concerns the difficult romance between the acerbic matriarch of a large, dysfunctional Jewish family and the... Ethnic humor abounds in this comedy-drama set in Queens, circa 1969. The story concerns the difficult romance between the acerbic matriarch of a large, dysfunctional Jewish family and the sweet-natured Italian gentleman who woos her. Reunited with Pearl Berman, the woman he has loved afar for 23 years, Joe Meledandri immediately begins campaigning for her heart -- no matter that their reunion occurs at the funeral of Pearl's husband. Oozing old-world European charm, Joe bursts like a ray of much-needed sunshine into the neurotic, unhappy Berman household as he attempts to break through the embittered housewife's crusty exterior. [More]
Starring: Shirley MacLaine, Marcello Mastroianni, Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy
Starring: Shirley MacLaine, Marcello Mastroianni, Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Sylvia Sidney, Marcia Gay Harden
Director: Beeban Kidron
Director: Beeban Kidron
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Reviews for Used People
A soap opera with suds, this meller gives a bad name to the woman's picture in its story of a Jewish widow-matriarch and her dysfunctional family (mom, two problematic daughters), thrown off its shaken balance when Mastroianni's Italian charmer arrives
Well-observed but shapeless mainstream romantic comedy that reminds one of Moonstruck.
Mastroianni and MacLaine are both fine, but the film is a little too cutesy for its own good.
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