Return of the Secaucus Seven

John Sayles made this film for only $60,000 and only one person in the film had any previous acting experience. It's just amazing how well this turned out. It's about a couple (Mike and Katie) who invite all their college friends... Full review

Okay, I watched this just now, many, many years after seeing The Big Chill. Maybe my expectations were too high, maybe I've seen too many other good movies by Sayles. I have to say I think this movie is seriously... Full review

Shocked that there's only three pages of comments for the film widely considered to be one of the fathers of the modern indie film movement. John Saylees used his b-movie money from Roger Corman (the best scripts written for him)... Full review

Some of the comments about "Return" are amazingly vitriolic and appear to have been written by people who hate independent films in general, or who hate "reunion" movies, or who hate low-budget movies, etc., etc., etc. If your comfort zone... Full review

I am absolutely stunned by the majority of contributors here who didn't love, or even like this film. One of the best films I've ever seen in terms of dialogue. It's true that if you're in the mood to watch... Full review

Sayles' first film is, as one previously reviewer noted, the prototype independent film: small budget, previously unknown actors, an emphasis upon talk and ideas over action or even an event-oriented plot. The script varies from slow at times to very... Full review

Overshadowed by its loud, shallow and uncredited remake (The Big Chill) Sayles' first film is a very slight effort that manages to capture a time and place with quiet brilliance. The actors -- first roles for most of them and... Full review

John Sayles first film and it shows, but despite this a great film about old friends reuniting and having a good time. Great characters just being themselves in front of the camera and it is very beautiful. Don't expect action... Full review

Well before "The Big Chill" came along, John Sayles made this terrific low-budget film. If you are looking for slick-filmmaking go elsewhere. If you want something that is different, and for me far more believable, than most Hollywood films try... Full review

accomplished films, but the cast (who, like Sayles, were all just pushing thirty) improves as the film progresses.....Return of the Secaucus 7" begins to get interesting as the story gets past all the introductions --....Many of them, including the increasingly great David Strathairn have gone on to strong, varied careers since..... ... Full Review

Return of the Secaucus 7 was a grainy mess on theater screens in 1980, when we were more interested in a reasonable film about characters we identified with, than technical perfection. Adam LeFevre is excellent Maggi Renzi is frequently hilarious ... Full Review

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A Sapphic twist on ``The Big Chill'' or John Sayles' ``The Return of the Secaucus Seven,'' ``Everything Relative'' looks at seven college buddies who reconvene after 14 years when Katie (Stacey Nelkin), a Jewish psychotherapist, invites the gang to a ... Full Article

Hello.Allow me to introduce myself.I am a full time freedom fighter.I travel the globe searching for oppressed people to help. Times were a little slow for me after the downfall of the Soviet block, but thankfully things... ... Full Article

A reissue of John Sayles' 1980 directorial debut, Return of the Secaucus 7 is a film that made a number of critics' Best of the '80s lists. ... Full Article

John Sayles' directorial debut has taken on the aura of a folk tale, the details of its genesis are that well known: with a $40,000 budget raised largely from the quadruple-threat's (writer/editor/director/actor) work for the scripts for Roger Corman's Battle... ... Full Article