Once Around (1991)

Directed by

Lasse Hallström

Genre

drama film, romantic comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

R

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 63 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman marries a charismatic but overbearing older man. Her close-knit family struggles to accept him, and his presence exposes hidden tensions among them.

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What happens

Once Around is a 1991 American romantic comedy-drama film about a young woman who falls for and eventually marries an overbearing older man who proceeds to rub her close-knit family the wrong way, while exposing the dynamics of other family members along the way. It stars Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, Danny Aiello, Laura San Giacomo and Gena Rowlands and was written by Malia Scotch Marmo and directed by Swedish director Lasse Hallström, in his full English-language film debut. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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