The Big Chill Reviews
September 9, 2014
College reunion film with mature themes won't interest teens.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5
August 7, 2014
Even if the film isn't timeless, the soundtrack certainly is.
Full Review | Original Score: 2/4
July 28, 2014
...even though it's aware of their narcissism, The Big Chill still views its characters sympathetically, even when they do little to invite much sympathy themselves.
Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5
May 5, 2008
Characters are generally middle-of-the-roaders, and pic lacks a tough-minded spokesman who might bring them all up short for a moment.
May 5, 2008
An always entertaining and perceptive film that hardly ever lapses into sentimentality.
May 5, 2008
An entertaining look at the 80s embourgeoisement of 60s student activists steers skillfully between social satire and sentiment.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5
May 5, 2008
An irresistibly satisfying cultural artifact.
Full Review | Original Score: B
May 5, 2008
Strong acting and a string of classic rock and soul tunes make up for a superficial script.
Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4
May 5, 2008
There is no place for depth or nuance in this slickly engineered complacency machine.
May 5, 2008
Funny and ferociously smart.
February 2, 2008
More significant sociologically than artistically, Kasdan's portrait of the Baby Boom generation--the Yuppie--is a zeitgeist film that is enjoyable due to strong ensemble acting and popular tunes.
Full Review | Original Score: B-
February 14, 2007
Shallow nostalgia-trip flick.
Full Review | Original Score: C+
February 9, 2006
It's perceptive, affectionate and often very funny.
March 24, 2005
A truly unforgettable motion picture, with a killer soundtrack
| Original Score: 4/5
October 23, 2004
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.
Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4
August 18, 2004
A thoroughly entertaining, fluid and wonderfully relaxed movie that delivers some of the finest ensemble acting to be seen on the screen for years.
Full Review | Original Score: 5/5
June 11, 2003
Three words: 'yadda, yadda, yadda.'
| Original Score: 2/5
May 21, 2003
The performances represent ensemble playing of an order Hollywood films seldom have time for, with the screenplay providing each character with at least one big scene.
Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5
March 10, 2003
The ease with which the group falls back into their old patterns of trust and familiarity after an awkwardly long period of separation is narratively convenient, but not really probable.
August 7, 2002
Overrated, but good character study
| Original Score: 4/5