Featured Audience Ratings

• jay n

  
  Brilliantly acted but profundly sad. A sense of gloom hangs heavily over the entire film.

• Dean M

  
  William Kennedy's adaptation of his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel turns into a showcase for Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep, both playing skid-row alcoholics. Director Hector Babenco superbly captures the grinding, hand-to-mouth dreariness of this Depression era tale, which traces… More
  William Kennedy's adaptation of his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel turns into a showcase for Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep, both playing skid-row alcoholics. Director Hector Babenco superbly captures the grinding, hand-to-mouth dreariness of this Depression era tale, which traces the relationship of opportunity and convenience between the two leads.

• Alec B

  
  An utterly heartbreaking film about the people on the very fringe of society in the 1930s. It features one of the best performances Jack Nicholson has ever given. It allows him to have the crazy angry moments he is known for as well as the more subdued that he is also very good at.… More
  An utterly heartbreaking film about the people on the very fringe of society in the 1930s. It features one of the best performances Jack Nicholson has ever given. It allows him to have the crazy angry moments he is known for as well as the more subdued that he is also very good at. Meryl Streep is her usual fantastic self here and she makes you cry with just a facial expression. Outside of their performances its a powerful exploration of the fact that "bums" are not just bums. They have stories and lives that are just as important as everyone else. As Nicholson's character says, "Before they were bums they were somebody."

• Erin C

  
  I wasn't a fan. The acting was good, but the story was very depressing and a little slow-moving.

• Jason R

  
  Probably some of the best acting you will ever see in a film. Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson were nothing short of magnificent as two troubled lovers and vagrants who live drink-to-drink and pass their time by trying to forget their pasts. The movie also features quite a few actors… More
  Probably some of the best acting you will ever see in a film. Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson were nothing short of magnificent as two troubled lovers and vagrants who live drink-to-drink and pass their time by trying to forget their pasts. The movie also features quite a few actors that give equally impressive performances including, Tom Waits. This movie came out during the height of the Reagan-era where everything was excess and money and for the subject matter and its realistic portrayal of life on the streets from the perspective of two hard-luck bums. You have to respect the filmmakers for making this movie. Because not only is it one of the best movies I have ever seen. It is one of those movies that once you see it, you will never forget it.