Nobody's Fool (1994)

Directed by

Robert Benton

Genre

drama film, comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

R

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 348 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A stubborn, aging construction worker in a small New York town tries to keep his independence while dealing with family, a new job, and a troublesome neighbor. The movie follows his small daily conflicts and connections.

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What happens

Nobody's Fool is a 1994 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Robert Benton, based on the 1993 novel of the same name by Richard Russo. It stars Paul Newman, Bruce Willis, Jessica Tandy and Melanie Griffith, as well as Dylan Walsh, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Gene Saks, Josef Sommer, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Philip Bosco. It was Paramount's final production under its Paramount Communications ownership (being sold to the original Viacom in July 1994). For his performance, Newman received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actor and Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role as well as for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, in addition to a nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay for Benton at the 67th Academy Awards. It was the final film featuring Jessica Tandy, who died on September 11, 1994, before the film was released. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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