Grumpy Old Men (1993)

	Directed by: Donald Petrie	COUNTRY USA GENRE Comedy NORWEGIAN TITLE Gretne gamle gubber RUNNING TIME 103 minutes
	Produced by: John Davis Richard C. Berman
	Written by: Mark Steven Johnson

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
John Gustafson Jr.	Jack Lemmon
Max Goldman	Walter Matthau	½
Ariel Truax Gustafson	Ann-Margret	½
John Gustafson Sr.	Burgess Meredith
Melanie Gustafson	Daryl Hannah
Jacob Goldman	Kevin Pollak	½
Chuck	Ossie Davis	½
Elliott Snyder	Buck Henry
Mike	Christopher McDonald
Weatherman	Steve Cochran
Pharmacist	Joe Howard
Moving Man	John Carroll Lynch

Review

This guilty pleasure for seniors had one of Hollywood history's most celebrated screen couples enjoying a well-deserved swan song alongside the feisty Ann-Margret. As directed by the breezy Donald Petrie, the film goes unabashedly for every cheap point in the book, but it does so with heart and irresistible charm. And although most of the humour is based on old people acting too unworthy or raucous for someone their age, which may seem like an immature formula for someone of Lemmon's and Matthau's stature, it works almost to perfection, because there's nothing more fun than watching supposedly honourable senior citizens debasing themselves. At least not when it's done with this amount of conviction and obvious enjoyment by everyone involved. Followed by the sequel Grumpier Old Men in 1995.