DramaComedy

Nobody's Fool

- In a town where nothing ever happens... everything is about to happen to Sully.

A rascally nearing-retirement man juggles a workers' compensation suit while secretly working for his nemesis and flirting with his nemesis' young wife. As his estranged son returns, he faces new family responsibilities, while a banker plots to evict him from his home.

Release Date : 1994-12-23

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Capella InternationalCinehausParamount Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Sully Sullivan

Original Name : Paul Newman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Carl Roebuck

Original Name : Bruce Willis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Toby Roebuck

Original Name : Melanie Griffith

Gender : Female

Character Name : Beryl Peoples

Original Name : Jessica Tandy

Gender : Female

Character Name : Peter Sullivan

Original Name : Dylan Walsh

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rub Squeers

Original Name : Pruitt Taylor Vince

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wirf Wirfley

Original Name : Gene Saks

Gender : Male

Character Name : Clive Peoples Jr.

Original Name : Josef Sommer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Officer Raymer

Original Name : Philip Seymour Hoffman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Judge Flatt

Original Name : Philip Bosco

Gender : Male

Character Name : Charlotte Sullivan

Original Name : Catherine Dent

Gender : Female

Character Name : Will Sullivan

Original Name : Alexander Goodwin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wacker Sullivan

Original Name : Carl J. Matusovich

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jocko

Original Name : Jay Patterson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ollie Quinn

Original Name : Jerry Mayer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cass

Original Name : Angela Pietropinto

Gender : Female

Character Name : Hattie

Original Name : Alice Drummond

Gender : Female

Character Name : Birdy

Original Name : Margo Martindale

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ruby

Original Name : Angelica Page

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ralph

Original Name : Richard Mawe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rufus

Original Name : Joe Paparone

Gender : Male

Character Name : Didi

Original Name : Shannah Laumeister Stern

Gender : Female

Character Name : Funeral Director

Original Name : John Leighton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Horace Yaney

Original Name : Kenneth Frawley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Whit

Original Name : John Marcus Powell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Garbage Man

Original Name : Frank W. Inness

Gender : Male

Character Name : C. W. Lomax

Original Name : Page Johnson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Vernon

Original Name : William Raymond Calhoun

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lawyer from Albany

Original Name : Bob Heitman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Girl at the Country Club

Original Name : Drenda Spohnholtz

Gender : Female

Character Name : Charlie

Original Name : Gerry Robert Byrne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Juror (uncredited)

Original Name : Anibal O. Lleras

Gender : Male

Character Name : Vera (uncredited)

Original Name : Elizabeth Wilson

Gender : Female

Reviews

Peter McGinn

@narrator56

2021-06-23

This is one of those classic films I would never put on a ten-best movie list, but I do include it in my ten favorite comedy movie list. (Favoritisms, not Best.) I read the book it is based on, written by Richard Russo. I thought the first half of the book was great, with witty dialogue, some of which is in the movie. But the second half of the book dragged for me. Not so with the movie. They didn’t take their ending to the same place, and I can’t fault that choice. Paul Newman is effortlessly great in this, and he has a superb supporting cast. Jessica Tandy, Melanie Griffith and Bruce Willis head up the ensemble cast. They even have a young Philip Seymour Hoffman, in my opinion one of the best actors ever at disappearing into a role. And since it fun to have a movie take place in New England that isn’t a Stephen King story?! You know, the thing about writing reviews on these great movies from the past is that it makes me want to see them again.