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The Big Chill

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The Big Chill

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Summary

Drama starring Kevin Kline, Glenn Close, William Hurt and Jeff Goldblum. Following the suicide of an old friend, a group of 1960s college radicals reunite over a weekend and examine how their lives, relationships and ideals have changed over the years.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

David Parkinson

At one time a cult movie among 20-somethings, this chic comedy is over-clever, but very slick and is now better known as the picture from which Kevin Costner had all his scenes cut. Smartly written by director Lawrence Kasdan and Barbara Benedek, the Oscar-nominated script clearly owes a debt to John Sayles's overlooked and superior reunion drama The Return of the Secaucus Seven. However, there are still plenty of original insights into both 1960s counterculture and the pretensions of the chattering classes, and the soundtrack is packed with the anthems of an age. Meg Tilly upstages her more famous co-stars (including Glenn Close, Kevin Kline and William Hurt).

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7.1/10

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Cast

rolenameHarold CooperKevin KlineSarah CooperGlenn CloseNickWilliam HurtMichaelJeff GoldblumSamTom BerengerChloeMeg TillyKarenJoBeth WilliamsMegMary Kay PlaceRichardDon Galloway

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Crew

rolenameDirectorLawrence Kasdan

Details

Theatrical distributor

Columbia-Emi-Warner Dists Ltd

Released on

1984-02-23

Languages

English

Guidance

Contains swearing, drug abuse and brief nudity.

Available on

video and DVD

Formats

Colour

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