Fresh
A consistently happy comedic fable which should please romanticists drawn to a teaming of Neil Simon, Marsha Mason and Herbert Ross.
Variety Staff, Variety
Max Dugan Returns
Prices are double. Your love life's in trouble. The car won't start. Your boss has no heart. The door squeaks. The roof leaks. Your stereo just went mono. All you need is a little Max Dugan.
1983 · 1h 38m · PG
Comedy, Drama, Family
Directed by
Herbert Ross
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Max Dugan Returns
Overview
An English teacher and struggling single mother has her life disrupted when the father who abandoned her as a child comes back into her life.
Director and cast
- Herbert Ross Director
- Marsha Mason as Nora McPhae
- Jason Robards as Max Dugan
- Donald Sutherland as Brian Costello
- Matthew Broderick as Michael McPhae
- Dody Goodman as Mrs. Litke
- Sal Viscuso as Coach Roy
- Panchito Gómez as Luis
- Charley Lau as Charley Lau, boxing coach
- Brian Part as Kevin Costello
- Billie Bird as Older Woman
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
64%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Simon's gift also is his downfall. He's so good at writing lightweight dialogue that it all begins to sound the same.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
There are certainly some questionable ingredients to the story, but you're not likely to notice them while the film is under way. You're likely to be laughing.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Rotten
A clumsy, heavy film, its most profoundly expressed emotion is greed.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
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