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The Bargain Nexus - Mixed Nuts
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List Price: $9.98
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Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Starring: Steve Martin, Madeline Kahn, Robert Klein, Anthony LaPaglia, Juliette Lewis
Directed By: Nora Ephron
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Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786303457703
Format: Closed-captioned
ISBN: 6303457703
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Release Date: 1995-11-14
Running Time: 97
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 1994-12-21
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Summary: THE funniest holiday movie!!
Comment: Regardless of the review of this movie, I think this is the funniest movie during the most stressfull time of the year! Who can forget the seaside strangler and the unique way of regifting the infamous fruitcake! A must see movie!!
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Summary: JUST AS EXPECTED
Comment: THIS IS AN UNDERRATED FILM ABOUT EVERY DAY PEOPLE. I LOVE THE STORY AND ACTING.
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Summary: No One, Not Even The Crazies, Want To Be Alone On Christmas
Comment: Nora Ephron, the director of "Sleepless in Seattle," brings us this zany Christmas comedy "Mixed Nuts." It stars legendary comic man Steve Martin as the operator of a suicide prevention hotline, Lifesavers, in Venice Beach, California. It is Christmas Eve and he has just received an eviction notice from his landlord; his girlfriend has also called to say that she has taken the advice of her psychiatrist and broken up with him. Martin's co-workers include lonely Rita Wilson who fears she will spend the rest of her life always in the grocery store's Ten Items Or Less express lane and Madeline Kahn who keeps trying, but is constantly failing, to reach her dead husband's relatives whom she dislikes, and vice versa.
An assortment of mixed nuts descends upon the hotline in search of companionship. There is the transvestite, played surprisingly well by Liev Schreiber of "Scream" trilogy fame; he is surrounded by a large family but none of them understand him, proving that you don't have to be alone to feel lonely at Christmas. His dance scenes with Martin are hilarious. (Martin is a great dancer.) Juliette Lewis ("National Lampoon's Family Christmas") is a pregnant friend whose ex-con husband, Anthony LaPaglia, is a jobless loser dressed in a Santa Claus outfit; he keeps attempting suicide. Rob Reiner is a harried veterinarian who treats LaPaglia for a cut on his forehead. Adam Sandler is an imbecile who composes and sings silly songs while accompanying himself on his ukulele. Meanwhile, there is a serial killer, the Seaside Strangler. Could it be one of the strange assortment of odd characters?
"Mixed Nuts" has a great cast of old pros and rising stars. It has bizarre, morbid humor of the type found in the National Lampoon movies. It teaches us that love and togetherness are very important to have on Christmas Eve. No one, no matter how crazy they are, wants to be alone during the holidays. "Mixed Nuts" is a great movie to get one in the mood for celebrating the holidays. It has an upbeat ending that will warm your heart.
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Summary: Great family comedy
Comment: I had purchased this DVD in the fall to use on a long trip (via charter bus) that a large group of us were going to a christmas show up north.
(dvd player on bus-2 screens) this is a nice family, clean cut movie.
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Summary: great holiday fun for the whole family
Comment: this is a christmas classic.......file under "wacky fun for everyone" when you buy this movie because you'll love it so much that you'll run out and add this to your collection. steve martin, rita wilson, the always great late madelin kahn, adam sandler, the cast list goes on and on of really good actors. this is one of those movies you will watch overe and over and see something you missed on the previous viewing. i highly recommend this movie.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Writer-director Nora Ephron hit a low point with this disappointingly dreary comedy set in a suicide clinic on Christmas Eve. The joke is supposed to be that all of the crisis counselors are themselves a pack of lovable losers, led by a badly toupeed Steve Martin. But it's a short step from lovable loser to annoying dweeb and most of the people in this movie cross that line very quickly. It's too bad, because the cast includes Madeline Kahn, Robert Klein, Rob Reiner, Garry Shandling, and Adam Sandler. Somehow, Ephron manages to restrain this lineup from doing anything funny. --Marshall Fine
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