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DVD Details
- Rated: PG-13
- Closed captioning available
- Run Time: 1 hours, 47 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: May 16, 2000
- Originally Released: 1985
- Label: Sony Pictures
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Sally Field, Corey Haim & James Garner | |
Performer: | Brian Kerwin, Dennis Burkley, Georgann Johnson, Dortha Duckworth, Anna Thomson, Bruce French & Charles Lane | |
Directed by | Martin Ritt | |
Edited by | Sidney Levin | |
Screenplay by | Irving Ravetch & Harriet Frank Jr. | |
Composition by | Carole King | |
Produced by | Laura Ziskin | |
Director of Photography: | William A. Fraker |
Entertainment Reviews:
The picture just lumbers along, lightly propelled by a series of contrived conflicts ... and anecdotal observations that don't add up to much.
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Chicago Reader
Rating: 2/4 --
Director Martin Ritt and screenwriters Harriet Frank, Jr., and Irving Ravetch rely too heavily on little vignette sequences to move the narrative, a technique that quickly becomes tedious and predictable.
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TV Guide
Unfortunately, this sweet and homey picture which casts two very decent actors (Sally Field and James Garner) in two very decent roles, falls far short of compelling filmmaking.
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Variety
...Director Martin Ritt has just the right touch....[A] sweet and homey picture which casts two very decent actors (Sally Field and James Garner) in two very decent roles...
Variety
Rating: 4/5 --
A quirky May-December romancer that's subtle and low key in its sweetness. Garner and Field make for an unlikely romantic tandem
Movie Eye
... an enjoyable, if decidedly minor, love story...
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Washington Post
Will likely provide some quiet enjoyment for those who believe that, despite the giant screen, small is beautiful.
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Sojourner
Product Description:
A charming, low-key romantic comedy, MURPHY'S ROMANCE is full of the small pleasures missing from other pictures of its genre. James Garner, in his first Oscar-nominated performance, is the title character, Murphy. Garner lends his unique, down-home persona to the character while the film's writers endow the character with some memorable lines. Murphy's romance begins when Emma (Field) arrives in the small Arizona town where he lives. With her she brings her son Jake, and a feisty attitude. Though this sounds like a set-up from any number of other film romances, it becomes clear from their first meeting that the director, Martin Ritt, is more interested in his carefully observed setting, and in the comic flirtations between Murphy and Emma flirtations, than in making a conventional picture. In fact, some of the film's strongest comic scenes occur when the locals show off their color, including a hilarious sequence during a bingo game that showcases the amazing support cast. Of course, there is some drama and confrontation, but the focus remains on the setting and the relationship between Murphy and Emma, whose lengthy romance is the clear mark of one of the most highly enjoyable movie courtships ever seen.
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 120,727
- UPC: 043396064997
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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