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Writer (WGA):
Chris Columbus (written by)
Release Date:
24 May 1991 (USA) more
Tagline:
The Man, The Woman, The Mother.
Plot:
A Chicago cop must balance loyalty to his overbearing mother and a relationship with a shy funeral home worker. full summary | add synopsis
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John Candy In His Best Role... More Serious Than Usual more (31 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | John Candy | ... | Danny Muldoon |
 | Maureen O'Hara | ... | Rose Muldoon |
 | Ally Sheedy | ... | Theresa Luna |
 | Kevin Dunn | ... | Patrick Muldoon |
 | Milo O'Shea | ... | Doyle |
| Bert Remsen | ... | Spats |
 | Anthony Quinn | ... | Nick Acropolis |
 | James Belushi | ... | Salvatore Buonarte |
| Joe Greco | ... | Johnny Luna |
| Marvin J. McIntyre | ... | Father Strapovic |
 | Macaulay Culkin | ... | Billy Muldoon |
 | Kieran Culkin | ... | Patrick Muldoon Jr. |
 | Allen Hamilton | ... | O'Neal |
| Teri McEvoy | ... | Susan Muldoon |
| Bernie Landis | ... | Larry |
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104 min
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Australia:M | Iceland:L | Canada:PG (Ontario) | UK:12 (original rating) | Argentina:Atp | Chile:TE | Finland:S | Spain:T | UK:15 (video rating) | USA:PG-13 | Norway:10
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Amtrack Railroad Station - 598 Dey Street, Niles, Michigan, USA more
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Maureen O'Hara refused to sign the movie contract, though she loved the script, until she met co-star John Candy. Fortunately the two of them instantly created a strong rapport and she hastily signed on the dotted line. more
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Doyle:
If I'd gotten married, I wouldn't be where I am now.
Spats:
In a tavern?
Doyle:
Free! Living like a king!
Spats:
You live at the Y.
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Features "The Jimmy Durante Show" (1954) more
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AIN'T THAT A KICK IN THE HEAD more
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ONLY THE LONELY (2+ outta 5 stars)
Probably John Candy's best role on film... not an all-out comedy laugh-fest as most would expect... it's actually a kind of sweet, sentimental story (somewhat influenced by the classic film/play "Marty" starring Ernest Borgnine) about an aging bachelor cop (Candy), his overbearing mother (Maureen O'Hara, just as sassy on screen as in her heyday) and the plain, young mortician with whom he falls in love (Ally Sheedy). Yeah, right... Ally Sheedy is "a little plain"... just like she was in "Breakfast Club". Why, oh why so they always have to cast these drop-dead gorgeous movie stars as "plain" people. (Michelle Pfeiffer in "Frankie and Johnny"... anyone buy THAT one?) Anyway, Sheedy and Candy do have a sweet chemistry together... the movie is a very NICE movie... there is a little bit of a dramatic subtext that could have been explored a little deeper... but the film chooses to keep the tone light... maybe *too* light. Several scenes of Candy imagining terrible accidents happening to his mother due to his absence seem a little too "cute-sy"... but I guess they didn't want to freak audiences out by getting too realistic.