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11/06/09
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (1993)
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Reviews Counted:7
Fresh:3
Rotten:4
Average Rating:4.9/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 3 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Frank (Richard Harris) is an amatory ex-seaman. Walt (Robert Duvall) is a reserved haircutter leading an orderly quiet life. When the two lonely old men meet, they become reluctant friends and swap... [More]
Starring: Robert Duvall, Richard Harris, Shirley MacLaine, Piper Laurie
Director: Randa Haines
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Reviews for Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
1 - 8 (sorted by date)
Top CriticWrestling Ernest Hemingway aspires to be serious about its subject. Yet in a curious way this sobriety works against it. Frank and Walt turn into schematically contrasting case studies, and the movie's sympathy for them eventually becomes patronizing.
06/14/09
Top CriticRanda Haines' sappy, rather dull melodrama about the friendship between two eccentric old men is mostly a showcase for its stars, Robert Duvall and Richard Harris.
06/27/07
Top CriticInstead of simply assuming that the old have interesting lives, the film never stops congratulating itself for being daring enough to focus on them.
05/20/03
Top CriticThis movie is so loaded down with calendar-poster sentiments, you may find yourself wanting to wrestle the filmmakers.
01/01/00
Top CriticSteve Conrad's debut screenplay says little that's new, but the actors make it fresher and more powerful than it has a right to be.
01/01/00
Top CriticAn endearing buddy movie for the senior crowd.
01/01/00
Top CriticThe movie is essentially about the close observation of behavior. Like some of Hemingway's stories, the real action is all implied. The characters trade small talk, and we sense that larger issues are lurking beneath their cheerfulness.
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