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I'm Not Rappaport (1996)
Released By: Universal Pictures   Rating: PG-13   In Theaters: N/A
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Studio: Universal Pictures
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Herb Gardner
Language: English
Official Website: N/A
Theatrical Release: N/A
Home Video Release: N/A
Cast: Amy Irving, Ossie Davis, Walter Matthau
Published ID: 6865
UPC: 025192556623,
Plot: In this screen adaptation of the award-winning play by Herb Gardner (who also directed the film), Nat Moyer (Walter Matthau) and Midge Carter (Ossie Davis) are two elderly men who sit on the same park bench each afternoon and have developed a relationship based on playful verbal sparring. Nat is an eccentric Jewish leftist who uses a dizzying variety of voices and assumed personalities to get his way, while Midge is the African-American superintendent of an apartment building who is afraid that he's going to be put out to pasture, as he's about to turn 80. Nat tries to encourage Midge to join him in his good-natured con games (which are performed for good causes and not for profit), but Midge remains wary. While Midge sweats out a possible retirement, Nat is trying to deal with his daughter Clara (Amy Irving), who wants to put him in a nursing home. Meanwhile, a drug dealer called The Cowboy (Craig T. Nelson) has claimed the park as his own territory, and Nat, impersonating a Mafia don, tries to run him out, while he befriends Laurie (Martha Plimpton), a young woman hooked on dope. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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Comedy Supreme
Added 4/11/2009
Nat Moyer(Walter Matthau)is a compulsive talker, philosopher, and troublemaker who pretends he is someone else. His daily companion on a bench in Central Park is Midge Carter(Ossie Davis)who is a halfblind superintendent in an apartment house; Midge's view of life is realistic and down-to-earth as opposed to Nat's assuption of alternate personalities. These two old men, in true vaudevillian fashion, take on the world and its threats - drug dealers,muggers,forced retirement, and worst of all, the spectre of the old folk's home. You will enjoy their repartie.
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I'm Not Rappaport
Added 3/12/2007
I cannot review this movie that was ordered on 2/9/07, but still has not shipped as of today, 3/12/07. The 1-star rating is based on not having the movie to review.
0 out of 4 people found this helpful.
Great movie....
Added 8/21/2006
This is a very good movie, one that you can watch many times and still feel good about it. The story is both funny and at times sad. Actors Matthau and Davis are brilliant in thier roles as two seniors holding thier own.
3 out of 4 people found this helpful.
Perfect
Added 6/21/2001
This movie manages to make you laugh and touch you deeply as many times as you won't think is possible during the two hours. Is truth always best? Can you still be romantic and feel deeply when you are old? How do you choose to see the world? You will be asking yourself all these questions and might be surprised at the answers.
12 out of 12 people found this helpful.
This is a must see!
Added 9/27/2000
They passed this movie in cable and I just saw it for Mr.Matthau but when I finished watching it I was amazed how great this movie is,I don't even know if it did it to the theaters here in Mexico...I think Alex Lora of a great group called El Tri appears.A touching story and one of the greatest movies ever made.Buy it!
6 out of 7 people found this helpful.
Comedy Supreme
Added 4/11/2009
Nat Moyer(Walter Matthau)is a compulsive talker, philosopher, and troublemaker who pretends he is someone else. His daily companion on a bench in Central Park is Midge Carter(Ossie Davis)who is a halfblind superintendent in an apartment house; Midge's view of life is realistic and down-to-earth as opposed to Nat's assuption of alternate personalities. These two old men, in true vaudevillian fashion, take on the world and its threats - drug dealers,muggers,forced retirement, and worst of all, the spectre of the old folk's home. You will enjoy their repartie.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
I'm Not Rappaport
Added 3/12/2007
I cannot review this movie that was ordered on 2/9/07, but still has not shipped as of today, 3/12/07. The 1-star rating is based on not having the movie to review.
0 out of 4 people found this helpful.
Great movie....
Added 8/21/2006
This is a very good movie, one that you can watch many times and still feel good about it. The story is both funny and at times sad. Actors Matthau and Davis are brilliant in thier roles as two seniors holding thier own.
3 out of 4 people found this helpful.
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