Used People

What a wonderful little movie! Simple story of thwarted lives and new-found love boasts one of the best casts in movie history.Shirley MacLaine stars as a Jewish widow in 1969 New York who is pursued by a strange Italian, Marcello... Full review

An all-star cast delivers wonderful performances in this "overlooked treasure" of a comedy drama. The main story deals with a family's loss of their patriarch, who 20 years earlier was prepared to silently exit his family's life because he saw... Full review

The critics did not like this film, and it now rates only a 5.6 for IMDB votes, but have a read of the positive comments below. My wife and I enjoyed this film. There are many meaningful parts, numerous gags... Full review

If you like the "Moonstruck" kind of film - a many-layered, multi-charactered tumble of the comic and the tragic (with plenty of shouting and raging) romping to a happy ending - you'll love this. It's packed, it's fast-moving, it's funny,... Full review

The only performance worth cheering is Harden's. Harden even wins tears without working you over. It's the film's single witty conceit. ... Full Review

As Pearl is wooed by Joe, she has to deal with her lonely, overweight daughter Bibby (Kathy Bates) and her prettier daughter Norma (Marcia Gay Harden), who suffers from such a lack of self esteem that she assumes the personalities of Marilyn Monroe, Jackie Kennedy, and Bonnie Parker. ... Full Review

"Used People" wants to be "Moonstruck" with matzo balls, but it's less an eccentric romantic comedy than an icky three-layered Jewish mother joke. Jessica Tandy, Shirley MacLaine and Marcia Gay Harden star as the oy-veying trio who have rocked one... ... Full Article

A comedy that can make you cry, Used People is the season's most pleasant surprise. It's set in Queens in 1969, an "age of miracles." The Mets have won the pennant, America has landed on the moon, and on the ... Full Article

" Used People " tells the sort of romantic fable we would all like to believe in, but this is not the movie to make us believe in it. ... Full Article

As its precious title suggests, Used People is one of those movies that calculatedly wears its old-fashionedness on its sleeve. Aspiring to be a Jewish Moonstruck or maybe a Fried Green Latkes, this ethnic dramady set in 1969 Queens is... ... Full Article