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Maxie
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Overview

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5.2/10   486 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Jack Finney (novel)
Patricia Resnick (writer)
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Release Date:
27 September 1985 (USA) more
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Plot:
When Nick and Jan move into their new apartment in San Francisco, the batty landlady upstairs tells... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 3 nominations more
NewsDesk:
Streep Noms, #6 (1985)
 (From FilmExperience. 26 June 2009, 10:15 AM, PDT)

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Beware... more (10 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Glenn Close ... Jan / Maxie

Mandy Patinkin ... Nick

Ruth Gordon ... Mrs. Lavin
Barnard Hughes ... Bishop Campbell
Valerie Curtin ... Miss Sheffer

Googy Gress ... Father Jerome

Michael Ensign ... Cleopatra Director

Michael Laskin ... Commercial Director

Lou Cutell ... Art Isenberg
Nelson Welch ... Bartender

Leeza Gibbons ... E.T. Reporter
Evan White ... Channel 4 Announcer
Harry Wong ... Mr. Chu
Charles Douglas Laird ... Policeman
David Sosna ... Assistant Director
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Also Known As:
Free Spirit
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98 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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The name of the silent screen actress and ghost in Jack Finney's original novel Marion's Wall was Marion Marsh. more
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FREE SPIRIT more

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Beware..., 8 February 2002
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Author: John Seal from Oakland CA

I must be one of those jaded moviegoers in need of violence, nudity, and cheap thrills, because I found Maxie one of the most nauseatingly sweet concoctions to come off the Hollywood assembly line. It's sad to see Ruth Gordon wasting away on screen and unfortunate to see the immensely talented Mandy Patinkin shackled by a paint by numbers script. I must admit that Glenn Close is one of my least favourite film actresses of all time, and her performance here does little to change my opinion of her limited abilities. Add in a cloying soundtrack from a sadly past his prime Georges Delerue, and you have a film that is the aural equivalent of Ju Ju Bes: disgustingly sweet with absolutely no flavour or nutritional value.

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