Nobody's Fool has to be one of the nicest movies of the 90's. It doesn't try to solve any major social ills or make any earth shaking commentaries on life. Instead you get to watch a couple of hours of likeable people getting through each day.
We see genuine people adjust to changes in their life and like us they don't adjust easily. It never gets sappy and that's a credit to Robert Benton's screenplay. The characters are very real and are the type of people you might interact with each day and not think twice about their lives except that you like them.
Certainly the performances put the picture over the top into the 5 star category. Newman gives a another hall of fame performance. Sully isn't deep or complex, he's real and reliable to the people who matter to him - his friends and he's trying to find out how to be reliable to his son and grandson.
The big name actor's in the film will draw notice but Gene Saks performance as Wirf, Alexander Goodwin's performance as Sully's grandson Will and Margo Martindale as Birdy are just as good.
What's so underrated about this film is Howard Shore's score. It quiet, simple and sweet - just like the film.
We see genuine people adjust to changes in their life and like us they don't adjust easily. It never gets sappy and that's a credit to Robert Benton's screenplay. The characters are very real and are the type of people you might interact with each day and not think twice about their lives except that you like them.
Certainly the performances put the picture over the top into the 5 star category. Newman gives a another hall of fame performance. Sully isn't deep or complex, he's real and reliable to the people who matter to him - his friends and he's trying to find out how to be reliable to his son and grandson.
The big name actor's in the film will draw notice but Gene Saks performance as Wirf, Alexander Goodwin's performance as Sully's grandson Will and Margo Martindale as Birdy are just as good.
What's so underrated about this film is Howard Shore's score. It quiet, simple and sweet - just like the film.