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6.5/10   503 votes
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Bill C. Davis (play)
Bill C. Davis (screenplay)
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Release Date:
14 December 1984 (USA) more
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Somewhere between laughter and tears, they found something to believe in.
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Cast

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Jack Lemmon ... Father Tim Farley
Zeljko Ivanek ... Mark Dolson
Charles Durning ... Monsignor Thomas Burke
Louise Latham ... Margaret
Alice Hirson ... Mrs. Hart
Helene Heigh ... Mrs. Hart's mother
Sharee Gregory ... Marion Hart
James Ray ... Father De Nicola
Lois De Banzie ... Mrs. Dolson

Talia Balsam ... Liz Dolson
Jerry Hardin ... Mr. Dolson
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John C. Becher ... Mr. Jennings
Allison Caine ... Additional Voice
Christopher Carroll ... Salvatore Fitzgerald
John Devlin ... Choir Leader

Richard Doyle ... Faculty Member
Maggie Gwinn ... Mrs. Quinn
Suzanne Kent ... Mickey Kelly
Ann Nelson ... Miss Barber

F. William Parker ... Mr. Hartigan
Fran Robinson ... Robin

Gloria Stuart ... Mrs. Curry
John Vargas ... Scott Alvarez

Noni White ... Mother
R.J. Williams ... Boy
Terry Wills ... Bill Kelly
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Runtime:
99 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Father Tim Farley: You're a lunatic! And Christ NEEDS lunatics. But the trouble with lunatics is, they don't know how to survive. more

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Has There EVER Been a Jack Lemmon Movie Not Worth Seeing?, 2 August 2004
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Author: hokeybutt from Milwaukee, Wisconsin

MASS APPEAL (3 outta 5 stars)

You know, there probably isn't a movie Jack Lemmon has ever made that isn't worth watching... if only for his being in it. For instance, Mass Appeal isn't much of a movie... it was based on a minor play and outside of two showy roles for a couple of capable performers it doesn't seem to have much point. Luckily Jack Lemmon and Zeljko Yvanek are up to the task and the movie is a pleasant enough diversion... even if it does strain credulity at times. Lemmon is a well-established, beloved Catholic priest who is given the task of honing the skills of an opinionated, headstrong, young man fresh from seminary school. Lemmon has one month to shape him up or ship him out.

A minor scandal erupts when young Ivanek defends a pair of ex-homosexuals that he went to school with and who have been expelled... then his own sexuality is brought into question. Good dialogue but the movie plays itself out predictably. Not a classic but definitely worth checking out.

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