Things Change

Things Change (1988)

  • 82% of critics liked it
    (11 reviews)

  • 69% of users liked it
    (651 ratings)

Perhaps it was his collaborator Shel Silverstein who said to screenwriter David Mamet "Lighten up. Do a comedy." Whatever the case, Things Change was a welcome change of pace for Mamet, both as scenarist and director. Don Ameche also goes against his usual grain by playing a downtrodden Chicago… More

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PG, 1 hr. 40 min.
Directed By
David Mamet
Genres
Drama, Comedy
In Theaters
Oct 21, 1988 Wide
On DVD
May 2, 2000
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall

    clever, funny and thoughtful

  • Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

    A gangster fable about keeping one's word.

  • James Rocchi, Netflix

    David Mamet-Shel Silverstein collaboration is funny, touching and tense.

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    It's a film that comes with a perfect shoeshine and smile underneath its ludicrous and cynical premise.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • moon r


    Nine years after Hal Ashby's quixotic 1979 tale of mistaken identity, Being There (with Peter Sellers as the humble gardener), Mamet followed with his take on the same subject, throwing in the Mob and its code of honor (!!!) for comic spin. Joe Mantagna is the family flunky… More

  • Pierluigi P


    From the moment you watch Don Ameche's face, you instantly know this will be a humble, honest and heartwarming story. David Mamet changed his register here, in his second film. A sweet comedy with crystalline acting, writing and direction.

  • Anthony V


    It's got that Mamet touch!

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