Reuben, Reuben (1983)

Directed by

Robert Ellis Miller

Genre

drama film, comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 41m

Rated

16

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 25 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A fading poet and womanizer drifts through small-town America, drinking heavily and charming locals. His self-destructive behavior strains his relationships and threatens his last chance at stability. The story follows his messy struggles with art, romance, and alcoholism.

wrybittersweetwittyunderstateddownbeatdryly humorousintrospectivemelancholic

What happens

Reuben, Reuben is a 1983 comedy-drama film directed by Robert Ellis Miller and starring Tom Conti, Kelly McGillis (in her film debut), Roberts Blossom, Cynthia Harris, and Joel Fabiani. The film was adapted by Julius J. Epstein from the 1967 play Spofford by Herman Shumlin, which in turn was adapted from the 1964 novel Reuben, Reuben by Peter De Vries. The main character in DeVries's novel was based largely on the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, who was a compulsive womanizer and lifelong alcoholic, finally succumbing to the effects of alcohol poisoning in November 1953, while on a speaking tour in America. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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