Fresh
Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon are awfully good at this sort of thing.
Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine
Grumpy Old Men
The best of enemies until something came between them.
1993 · 1h 43m · PG-13
Comedy, Romance
Directed by
Donald Petrie
Overview
For decades, next-door neighbors and former friends John and Max have feuded, trading insults and wicked pranks. When an attractive widow moves in nearby, their bad blood erupts into a high-stakes rivalry full of naughty jokes and adolescent hijinks.
Director and cast
- Donald Petrie Director
- Jack Lemmon as John Gustafson
- Walter Matthau as Max Goldman
- Ann-Margret as Ariel Truax
- Burgess Meredith as Grandpa Gustafson
- Daryl Hannah as Melanie
- Kevin Pollak as Jacob Goldman
- Ossie Davis as Chuck
- Buck Henry as Snyder
- Christopher McDonald as Mike
- John Carroll Lynch as Moving Man
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
63%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Mediocre, regrettably.
Derek Adams, Time Out
Fresh
Just don't expect their bickering to be on the level of Neil Simon, and you won't be disappointed.
Caryn James, New York Times
Fresh
While it won't come close to my top 10 best list for 1993, it will be right up there among the pictures that I had the most fun watching.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Rotten
The movie is too pat and practiced to really be convincing, and the progress of Ariel's relationships with the two grumps seems dictated mostly by the needs of the screenplay.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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