Marvin, a heavy-drinking widower meets Tige, an 11-year-old orphan. With nowhere else to go, Tige moves in with Marvin and they develop a close friendship. Marvin wants to adopt Tige but knows that he is too poor to give him a good home. Then he discovers who Tige's father is a rich suburbanite who doesn't even know Tige exists. Should Marvin, and can he, give up the boy he loves, and who loves him, in favor of a stranger with the right genes and bank balance?
Marvin & Tige has generally received positive reviews.
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Marvin & Tige was released in 1985 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 2 reviews, giving Marvin & Tige (1985) an average rating of 73%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 80%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 50%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Marvin & Tige than critics were.
With a score of 73%, Marvin & Tige is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1985, which stands at 59%.
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