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Used People

  • 19921992
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 55m
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6.1/10
1.5K
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Used People (1992)
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ComedyDramaRomance
At her husband's funeral, Pearl (Shirley MacLaine), Jewish mother of two divorced and antagonistic daughters, meets an old Italian friend (Marcello Mastroianni) of her husband, whose advice ... Read allAt her husband's funeral, Pearl (Shirley MacLaine), Jewish mother of two divorced and antagonistic daughters, meets an old Italian friend (Marcello Mastroianni) of her husband, whose advice years previously had stopped the husband leaving home. For 23 years he, now a widower, has... Read allAt her husband's funeral, Pearl (Shirley MacLaine), Jewish mother of two divorced and antagonistic daughters, meets an old Italian friend (Marcello Mastroianni) of her husband, whose advice years previously had stopped the husband leaving home. For 23 years he, now a widower, has secretly loved Pearl...
IMDb RATING
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    • Beeban Kidron
    • Todd Graff(plays "The Grandma Plays")
  • Stars
    • Shirley MacLaine
    • Kathy Bates
    • Jessica Tandy
    • Beeban Kidron
    • Todd Graff(plays "The Grandma Plays")
  • Stars
    • Shirley MacLaine
    • Kathy Bates
    • Jessica Tandy
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    • 10Critic reviews
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    Shirley MacLaine
    Shirley MacLaine
    • Pearl Berman
    Kathy Bates
    Kathy Bates
    • Bibby Berman
    Jessica Tandy
    Jessica Tandy
    • Freida
    Marcello Mastroianni
    Marcello Mastroianni
    • Joe Meledandri
    Bob Dishy
    Bob Dishy
    • Jack
    Emma Tammi
    Emma Tammi
    • Young Bibby
    Asia Vieira
    Asia Vieira
    • Young Norma
    Lee Wallace
    Lee Wallace
    • Uncle Harry
    Louis Guss
    • Uncle Normy
    Gil Filar
    • Mark
    Maia Filar
    Maia Filar
    • Rhonda
    Irving Metzman
    • Uncle Al
    Matthew Branton
    • Swee' Pea
    David Gow
    • Bill the Jeweler
    Marcia Gay Harden
    Marcia Gay Harden
    • Norma
    Sylvia Sidney
    Sylvia Sidney
    • Becky
    Doris Roberts
    Doris Roberts
    • Aunt Lonnie
    Helen Hanft
    Helen Hanft
    • Aunt Ruthie
      • Beeban Kidron
      • Todd Graff(plays "The Grandma Plays") (screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      The film cast includes four Oscar winners: Jessica Tandy, Kathy Bates,Shirley MacLaine and Marcia Gay Harden; and two Oscar nominees: Sylvia Sidney and Marcello Mastroianni.
    • Goofs
      During the scene where people are up on their rooftops as they watch TV and see the first manned landing on the moon, the moon is shown above as a full moon. In actuality, the moon was still in its first quarter and looked like a crescent slightly less than a half-moon.
    • Quotes

      Bibby Berman: All class, my sister. She brought a date to her own father's funeral.

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Forever Young/Damage/Toys/Scent of a Woman/Used People (1992)
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      The Sky Fell Down
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    If this is not (intentionally or otherwise) a pilot for a TV series, what is it? Episodic, altogether lacking in unity and narrative flow, there is enough caricature and stereotyping to offend the sensibilities of most Jewish- and Italian-Americans. To understand the characters' motivations, a viewer must look beyond what is presented here - i.e., must imagine why these characters act as they do, since the explanations are not forthcoming in the film. If you were left wondering what is going to happen next to Pearl, her daughters, her grandson, her new husband and his family - all of their situations left open-ended - you were more absorbed in this claptrap than most viewers are likely to be.

    The performances are not at all bad, but then, one-dimensional characters don't present much of a challenge.
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    • Mar 25, 2004

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      • January 22, 1993 (United States)
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      • United States
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      • New York City, New York, USA
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      • JVC Entertainment Networks
      • Largo Entertainment
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    • 1 hour 55 minutes
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