Linbeymusol Wonderful character development!

Gutsycurene Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

AshUnow This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Sanjeev Waters A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

slightlymad22 Tip of the cap to A, whoever idea this idea was. B, whoever green lit the project and C to whoever chose the principal cast. Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon, Ann Margaret, Burgess Meredith, Ossie Davies, Daryl Hannah, Kevin Pollack and everyone's favourite douche Christopher McDonald are all superb!!Plot In A Paragraph: A long standing rivalry between two old neighbours (Matthau and Lemmon) intensifies when a beautiful woman (Margaret) moves across the road. Matthau and Lemmon are a delight. They are called John and Max but it does not matter as they could be playing Felix Unger and Oscar Maddison again. I love watching them on screen together. Ann Margaret still looks fantastic, Christopher McDonald is as unlikeable as ever, and it was good to see Daryl Hannah at her cute best (as the perfect girl next door) again whilst Burgess Meredith steals the entire movie (not easy when the cast is this good) as Lemmon's Dad.

gwnightscream Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret, Kevin Pollack, Daryl Hannah, Ozzie Davis and Burgess Meredith star in this 1993 comedy. This takes place in Minnesota during winter where we meet retired men, John Gustafson (Lemmon) and Max Goldman (Matthau). They're both widowers and neighbors who have been feuding with each other for years because they loved the same woman. It's about to escalate when they meet attractive, new neighbor, Ariel Truax (Margret) who is a widow and try to win her heart. Pollack (The Usual Suspects) plays Max's son, Jacob who finds romance with John's daughter, Melanie (Hannah), the late, Davis plays bait shop owner, Chuck and the late, Meredith (Rocky) plays John Sr. I've always enjoyed this film, Lemmon & Matthau were great in it as usual and the rest of the cast is great as well. I recommend this.

classicsoncall Well you're never going to convince me that someone who looks like Ann-Margret is going to wind up marrying a character like John Gustafson. I know, I know, it happens in real life sometimes; it's just that you're not going to convince me of it.But if you like to see a couple of old codgers go at it hammer and tong, then you'll get a kick out of Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau in this flick. Amicable enemies since childhood, they never let an opportunity for a good zinger go by, but underneath it all you know they have a soft spot for each other. It took that hospital scene to bring it out when Max (Matthau) had to break down and call Gustafson 'friend' in order to see him. Good timing there too, as you had to watch him think about it.By the time this picture was made, I guess you could say Ann-Margret was no spring chicken herself, but she can sure carry her age better than most. I like the way she challenged Gus to seek out new things, a bit of a subliminal message in the picture as a takeaway for anyone watching to stay young at heart. Sadly, most of the principals from the film have passed on (Lemmon, Matthau and Burgess Meredith), but with their movies and comedy as a legacy, they'll keep many a generation young at heart for a long time.

froberts73 I read most of the reviews and, boy, am I in the minority. I found the movie semi-amusing and, for the most part, predictable. You know, two old guys duking it out verbally. There were a couple of hours of insults, back and forth, forth and back. Well delivered, of course, by wonderful vets Matthau, Lemon and Meredith.The major difference between this and similar endeavors is that the script herein was not written by Neil Simon. The individual who penned the lines in this flick would need a 10-foot pole to touch Simon's prose.As a little theater actor of many years, I can say that one of my favorite roles was Oscar in "The Odd Couple." (My second fave was Einstein in "Arsenic and Old Lace.")"Grumpy Old Men" was all right, but it was the same old, same old. As for "Grumpier Old Men," I'll pass.