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Used People (1992)

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Reviews Counted: 12 Fresh: 5  Rotten:7 Average Rating: 5.2/10

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Runtime: 2 hrs

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 sweet-natured Italian gentleman who woos her. Reunited with Pearl Berman, the woman he has loved... 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]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Shirley MacLaine, Marcello Mastroianni, Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Sylvia Sidney

Director: Beeban Kidron

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May 26, 1993

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Frank Swietek
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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

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Emanuel Levy
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Well-observed but shapeless mainstream romantic comedy that reminds one of Moonstruck.

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An old-fashioned melodrama with equal doses of laughter and tears.

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
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Mastroianni and MacLaine are both fine, but the film is a little too cutesy for its own good.

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