Review of Nothing in Common (1986) by Kate J — 22 Sep 2006
My girlfriend found this movie at goodwill. I really liked it. it is significant as the only movie I have seen that has a sympathetic view of advertising executives. jackie gleason will make you want to cry as the aging salesman struggling against the tides modernity and his own failing health.
tom hanks plays off of eva marie saint well. definitely a labor of love, this movie. Not great by anyone's standards, but a picture of a shifting paradigm, a moment in american culture of unabashed hopefulness, utter cynicism, and on the surface, anti-septic beauty, lithe corporate vampiresses and gleaming high rise facades.
rare to see the pathos of the elderly on film.
This review of Nothing in Common (1986) was written by Kate J on 22 Sep 2006.
Nothing in Common has generally received mixed reviews.
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