Characters are generally middle-of-the-roaders, and pic lacks a tough-minded spokesman who might bring them all up short for a moment.
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05/05/08
The Big Chill (1983)
69 %
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Reviews Counted: 32
Fresh: 22
Rotten:10
Average Rating: 6.1/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 50 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Seven members of a close-knit college group of friends are reunited fifteen years later after the eighth commits suicide. The funeral and reception lead to an extended weekend for all as they decide to spend time together pondering the... [More]
Starring: Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum, William Hurt
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
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Reviews for The Big Chill
Top Critic
An always entertaining and perceptive film that hardly ever lapses into sentimentality.
05/05/08
An entertaining look at the 80s embourgeoisement of 60s student activists steers skillfully between social satire and sentiment.
05/05/08
Top Critic Strong acting and a string of classic rock and soul tunes make up for a superficial script.
05/05/08
There is no place for depth or nuance in this slickly engineered complacency machine.
05/05/08
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Top Critic More significant sociologically than artistically, Kasdan's portrait of the Baby Boom generation--the Yuppie--is a zeitgeist film that despite a shallow script is enjoyable due to strong ensemble acting and popular rock and soul tunes.
02/02/08
It has all the right moves. It knows all the right words. Its characters have all the right clothes, expressions, fears, lusts and ambitions. But there's no payoff and it doesn't lead anywhere.
10/23/04
Top Critic
A thoroughly entertaining, fluid and wonderfully relaxed movie that delivers some of the finest ensemble acting to be seen on the screen for years.
08/18/04
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