Grumpy Old Men (1993)

Director:

Donald Petrie

Writer (WGA):

Mark Steven Johnson (written by)

Release Date:

25 December 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

A fifty-year fight.

Plot:

A lifelong feud between two neighbors since childhood, only gets worse when a new female neighbor moves across the street.

Plot Keywords:

Neighbor | Rivalry | Hospital | School Teacher | Bar

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Jack Lemmon	...	John Gustafson
Walter Matthau	...	Max Goldman
Ann-Margret	...	Ariel Truax
Burgess Meredith	...	Grandpa Gustafson
Daryl Hannah	...	Melanie
Kevin Pollak	...	Jacob Goldman
Ossie Davis	...	Chuck
Buck Henry	...	Snyder
Christopher McDonald	...	Mike
Steve Cochran	...	Weatherman
Joe Howard	...	Pharmacist
Isabell O'Connor	...	Nurse (as Isabell Monk)
Buffy Sedlachek	...	Punky
John Carroll Lynch	...	Moving Man
Charles Brin	...	Fisherman

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some sexual references.

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | South Korea:15 | Australia:PG | Finland:S | France:U | Germany:6 | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Center City, Minnesota, USA

Company:

John Davis

Trivia:

After filming this movie in Minnesota in freezing temperatures, Walter Matthau was hospitalized with double pneumonia.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The IRS at the time of the movie didn't audit a year if it was over ten years old. In the movie they said he collected for 20 years and eleven of those 20 were not claimed properly. That is past the ten year mark. He had not been collected for probably a number of years so, those years would not have been audited and they wouldn't be entitled to anything.

Quotes:

John Gustafson: You're supposed to be smoking filter cigarettes.
Grandpa Gustafson: I'm 94 years old. What the hell do I care?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Hollywood Remembers Walter Matthau (2001) (TV)

Soundtrack:

GOOD LOVIN'

A feel good comedy

This is a good movie because it is a feel good movie. We see the characters and we don't feel that bad about ourselves. Another Lemmon and Matthau film, where this time they are two old guys in Minnesota. Content, until a woman (Ann-Margaret) is the apple of they're eyes. Great fun, especially from Burgess Meredith, who is hilarious as Lemmon's dirty talking father who is even funnier in the out-takes. A