Rating: R
Genre:
Comedy Drama
Release Date: 09/09/2003
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1/DDS
Run Time: 110 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: Paramount
Paul Newman earned an Oscar nomination (and won citations from the New York Film Critics Circle and the Berlin International Film Festival) for his performance in this well-drawn comedy-drama. Sully (Newman) is a 60-year-old man who emotionally seems to have never quite emerged from adolescence; scraping by on part-time work in construction, Sully has built a life around avoiding responsibility. He hasn't spoken with his ex-wife (
Elizabeth Wilson) in years, he lives in a rooming house owned by his eighth-grade teacher Mrs. Beryl (
Jessica Tandy), his best friend is a mildly retarded handyman, Rub (
Pruitt Taylor Vince), and he has a crush on Toby (
Melanie Griffith), who is half his age and married to Carl (
Bruce Willis), who sometimes gives him work. One day, Sully nearly runs into his son Peter (
Dylan Walsh) and discovers that he has a grandson he never knew about; for the first time, Sully finds himself thinking that he ought to start behaving like a grown-up -- or at least get to know his family before it's too late.
Nobody's Fool also features
Gene Saks as Sully's lawyer Wirf, and
Philip Seymour Hoffman as the overly-enthusiastic Officer Raymer.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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