Best Friends (1982)
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50% of critics liked it
(10 reviews) -
34% of users liked it
(3,881 ratings)
We'd rather not speculate over how much of Best Friends is autobiographical. We'll just note that this story of a male-female screenwriting team was written by real-life married scenarists Barry Levinson and Valerie Curtin. Lovers as well as collaborators, scriveners Richard Babson (Burt… More We'd rather not speculate over how much of Best Friends is autobiographical. We'll just note that this story of a male-female screenwriting team was written by real-life married scenarists Barry Levinson and Valerie Curtin. Lovers as well as collaborators, scriveners Richard Babson (Burt Reynolds) and Paula McCullen (Goldie Hawn) decide to make their union legal. Predictably enough, they discover that their relationship goes straight downhill after they say "I do." The stars are far less interesting than the supporting cast, including Jessica Tandy and Barnard Hughes as Hawn's parents, Audra Lindley and Keenan Wynn as Reynolds' folks, Ron Silver as an avaricious producer (no names, please!), and Richard Libertini as a Mexican justice of the peace. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Norman Jewison
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
PG,
- In Theaters
- Dec 17, 1982 Wide
- Studio
- Warner Home Video
Critic Reviews
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Variety Staff, Variety
A very engaging film.
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, Time Out
Though engaging and agreeable, the film is never wildly funny.
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Janet Maslin, New York Times
Even when Best Friends isn't working uproariously as a comedy, there's an element of original, offbeat humor that keeps it promising.
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, TV Guide's Movie Guide
Thin story collapses under the leaden star chemistry; capable supporting players can't save this dud.
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Considering the source material (real life of writers Barry Levinson and Valerie Curtin, and the caliber of stars, Hawn and Reynolds, this comedy is disappointingly shallow and predictable.
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Cast
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Burt Reynolds
as Richard Babson
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Goldie Hawn
as Paula McCullen
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Jessica Tandy
as Eleanor McCullen
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Barnard Hughes
as Tim McCullen
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Audra Lindley
as Ann Babson
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Keenan Wynn
as Tom Babson
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Ron Silver
as Larry Weisman
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Richard Libertini
as Jorge Medina
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Helen Page Camp
as Maid
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Brian Corrigan
as Waiter
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David Cullinane
as Waiter
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Terrence Currier
as Henry Spaulding
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Noah Hathaway
as Lyle Ballou
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Jennifer Jewison
as Skier
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Rodney Kageyama
as Meter Reader
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Carol Locatell
as Nellie Ballou
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Mickey Martin
as Robbie Batiou
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Joan Pringle
as Doria
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Douglas Roberts
as Stuart
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Peggy Walton-Walker
as Carol Brandon
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Vincent J. Isaac
as Cab Driver
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Jimmy Lewis
as Diner
- Carol Lacatell
- Mikey Martin
