Fred Won't Move Out (2012)
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67% of critics liked it
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0% of users liked it
(89 ratings)
With levity and sadness, two grown children and their aging parents struggle with the decision whether the older generation should stay in the house where they have lived for fifty years. Shot in the house where the director's parents lived for close to fifty years shortly after they moved out,… More With levity and sadness, two grown children and their aging parents struggle with the decision whether the older generation should stay in the house where they have lived for fifty years. Shot in the house where the director's parents lived for close to fifty years shortly after they moved out, the film's semi-autobiographical story is memorably acted by a small ensemble cast led by Elliott Gould. Shot in sequence in three weeks with a heady mix of improvisational work by both author Richard Ledes and his cast, the film's personal approach to its subject captures a universal story uniquely told. -- (C) Official Site
- Directed By
- Richard Ledes
- Written By
- Richard Ledes
- Genres
- Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Sep 21, 2012 Limited
- On DVD
- Jun 13, 2013
- Studio
- Independent Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
It has a great many shots of trees, leaves and insects and some story gaps.
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Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times
There is recognizable pain throughout Ledes' film. Yet it never pushes through to anything beyond a surface portrait.
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Farran Smith Nehme, New York Post
This carefully observed slice of life is dragged down by the dreary and distracting hand-held camerawork.
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Stephen Holden, New York Times
Except for a subplot about a missing cat that suggests that Fred may be considerably dottier than he appears, the movie gets almost everything right about the uncomfortable moment when grown children are forced to be their parents' parents.
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Peter Gerstenzang, Village Voice
Mostly, it captures how old age decimates even the people who don't suffer from it.
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Cast
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Elliott Gould
as Fred
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Fred Melamed
as Bob
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Judith Roberts
as Susan
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Stephanie Roth Haberle
as Carole
- Elliot Gould
- Mfoniso Udofia
