Shy People

Shy People (1987)

  • 67% of critics liked it
    (9 reviews)

  • 72% of users liked it
    (377 ratings)

Writer Jill Clayburgh wants to remove her coke-addicted daughter Martha Plimpton from the corruptive environs of Manhattan. When assigned to write an article about family trees, Clayburgh, with daughter in tow, heads to the bayous of Louisiana, there to seek out an elusive great-uncle--and, it is… More

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R, 1 hr. 59 min.
Directed By
Andrey Konchalovskiy
Genres
Drama
In Theaters
May 1, 1987 Wide
Warner Home Video

Critic Reviews

  • Jeffrey M. Anderson, San Francisco Examiner

    Barbara Hershey is extraordinary.

  • Blake Davis, KFOR Channel 4 News

    A film full of atomsphere so thick that it catches you up in it's spell.

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  • jay n


    barbara hersey is far better then the movie

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