NOBODY'S FOOL (1994)

MORGAN'S RATING

Sully is a rascally ne er-do-well approaching retirement age. While hs is pressing a worker's compensation suit for a bad knee, he secretly works for his nemesis, Carl, and flirts with Carl's young wife Toby. Sully's lon-forgotten son and family have moved back to town, so Sully faces unfamiliar family responsibilities. Meanwhile, Sully's landlady's banker son plots to push through a new development and evict Sully from his mother's life.

Paul Newman (Sully), Jessica Tandy (Miss Beryl), Bruce Willis (Carl Roebuck), Melanie Griffith (Toby Roebuck), Dylan Walsh (Peter), Pruitt Taylor Vince (Rub Squeers), Gene Saks (Wirf), Josef Sommer (Clive Peoples Jr.), Philip Seymour Hoffman (Officer Raymer), Philip Bosco (Judge Flatt), Catherine Dent (Charlotte), Alexander Goodwin (Will), Carl J. Matusovich (Wacker), Jay Patterson (Jocko), Jerry Mayer (Ollie Quinn), Angela Pietropinto (Cass), Alice Drummond (Hattie), Margo Martindale (Birdy), Angelica Torn (Ruby), Richard Mawe (Ralph), Joe Paparone (Rufus),  Shannah Laumeister (Didi), Elizabeth Wilson (Vera, uncredited).

WORN TO PERFECTION.

FACTS

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

RELEASE DATE: January 13th, 1995 (USA) BOX OFFICE RESULT: $39.4 million (USA) - Jessica Tandy's final movie, which was dedicated to her memory. - Nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Actor and Best Screenplay.

DIRECTOR: Robert Benton. WRITERS: Robert Benton and based on the novel by Richard Russo. PRODUCERS: Arlene Donovan and Scott Rudin. ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Scott Ferguson. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Michael Hausman. MUSIC BY: Howard Shore. DISTRIBUTOR: Paramount Pictures.

CRITICAL COMMENTS

"An irresistibly appealing Newman is surrounded by wonderful actors in this charmingly unpredictable character study -- including Willis, as his friendly nemesis." -- Leonard Maltin

QUOTES

Carl: 60 years old and still getting crushes on other men's wives. I hope that when I'm your age, I'll be a little bit smarter than that. Sully: You sure are off to a slow start.

"Nobody's Fool is so eloquently straightforward, it practically sings to the soul." -- Desson Howe, Washington Post

Miss Beryl: Doesn't it bother you that you haven't done more with the life God gave you? Sully: Not often. Now and then.

"Nobody's Fool is about as sublime a motion picture as is likely to come out of Hollywood." -- James Berardinelli

Judge Flatt: Ollie, you know my feelings about arming morons: you arm one, you've got to arm them all, otherwise it wouldn't be good sport.