Used People

Name: Used People
Released: 1992
Duration: 115 min
Rating: 59.27710843373494
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Marcello Mastroianni, Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Marcia Gay Harden

59%

Comedy / Drama / Romance

USA / Japan, 1992, 115 min

Directed by:

Beeban Kidron

Screenplay:

Todd Graff, Todd Graff (theater play)

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Ethnic humor abounds in this comedy-drama set in Queens, circa 1969. The story concerns the difficult romance between the acerbic matriarch of a large, dysfunctional Jewish family and the sweet-natured Italian gentleman who woos her.
Reunited with Pearl Berman, the woman he has loved afar for 23 years, Joe Meledandri immediately begins campaigning for her heart -- no matter that their reunion occurs at the funeral of Pearl's husband. Oozing old-world European charm, Joe bursts like a ray of much-needed sunshine into the neurotic, unhappy Berman household as he attempts to break through the embittered housewife's crusty exterior. (official distributor synopsis)

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