Grumpy Old Men (1993)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Donald Petrie

Writer (WGA):

Mark Steven Johnson (written by)

Release Date:

25 December 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

A fifty-year fight.

Plot:

A lifelong feud between two neighbors since childhood, only gets worse when a new female neighbor moves across the street.

Plot Keywords:

Neighbor | Rivalry | Hospital | School Teacher | Bar

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Jack Lemmon	...	John Gustafson
Walter Matthau	...	Max Goldman
Ann-Margret	...	Ariel Truax
Burgess Meredith	...	Grandpa Gustafson
Daryl Hannah	...	Melanie
Kevin Pollak	...	Jacob Goldman
Ossie Davis	...	Chuck
Buck Henry	...	Snyder
Christopher McDonald	...	Mike
Steve Cochran	...	Weatherman
Joe Howard	...	Pharmacist
Isabell O'Connor	...	Nurse (as Isabell Monk)
Buffy Sedlachek	...	Punky
John Carroll Lynch	...	Moving Man
Charles Brin	...	Fisherman

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some sexual references.

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | South Korea:15 | Australia:PG | Finland:S | France:U | Germany:6 | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Center City, Minnesota, USA

Company:

John Davis

Trivia:

The sixth pairing out of ten movies of comic actors and great friends Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The IRS at the time of the movie didn't audit a year if it was over ten years old. In the movie they said he collected for 20 years and eleven of those 20 were not claimed properly. That is past the ten year mark. He had not been collected for probably a number of years so, those years would not have been audited and they wouldn't be entitled to anything.

Quotes:

Max Goldman: Do me a favor. Put your lip over your head... and swallow.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Hollywood Remembers Walter Matthau (2001) (TV)

Soundtrack:

CAFE POLKA

Classic Matthau and Lemmon

This is an instant classic and a very recognizable film of the two, that if you ask someone about them, they will always mention this. A grreat and memorable role of the two, and and very hilarious, you'll want to see it again. They are a bunch of bumbling and feuding neighbors, who are in love with the same woman. Every scene with them in this one is unforgettable and outrageously funny. Especially the scenes with Matthau, with the fishing pole that sinks into the ice, he screams loud. An unforgettable scream and very funny too. He does the same when Ann Margaret drops the big fish before he can get a shot of it, and again when he discovers the dried fish that Jack Lemmon put in his car without him noticing it, and I like his line there, "ya shmuck!" That was funny. Boy those two are really funny, but at the same time they know how to make dramatic scenes that are almost teary, and sometimes serious and heart-warming ones, but they still become funny at the end and seem to keep it like that. Recommended to all fans of the two.