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Now and Then

- In every woman there is the girl she left behind.

Waxing nostalgic about the bittersweet passage from childhood to puberty, four childhood girlfriends — Teeny, Chrissy, Samantha and Roberta — recall the magical summer of 1970. During their walk down memory lane, they reconcile experiences with boys, secrets, bullies and more.

Release Date : 1995-10-20

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : New Line Cinema

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Roberta

Original Name : Christina Ricci

Gender : Female

Character Name : Roberta

Original Name : Rosie O'Donnell

Gender : Female

Character Name : Teeny

Original Name : Thora Birch

Gender : Female

Character Name : Teeny

Original Name : Melanie Griffith

Gender : Female

Character Name : Samantha

Original Name : Gaby Hoffmann

Gender : Female

Character Name : Samantha

Original Name : Demi Moore

Gender : Female

Character Name : Chrissy

Original Name : Ashleigh Aston Moore

Gender : Female

Character Name : Chrissy

Original Name : Rita Wilson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Scott Wormer

Original Name : Devon Sawa

Gender : Male

Character Name : Crazy Pete

Original Name : Walter Sparrow

Gender : Male

Character Name : Grandma Albertson

Original Name : Cloris Leachman

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mrs. Albertson

Original Name : Lolita Davidovich

Gender : Female

Character Name : Wiladene

Original Name : Janeane Garofalo

Gender : Female

Character Name : Bud Kent

Original Name : Hank Azaria

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. DeWitt

Original Name : Bonnie Hunt

Gender : Female

Character Name : Angela Albertson

Original Name : Rumer Willis

Gender : Female

Character Name : The Wormers

Original Name : Bradley Coryell

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Wormers

Original Name : Justin Humphrey

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Wormers

Original Name : Travis Robertson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Boy with Basketball

Original Name : James Wilson Keane

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Albertson

Original Name : Ric Reitz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kenny

Original Name : Kellen Crosby

Gender : Male

Character Name : Outfielder

Original Name : Joey Stinson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Catcher

Original Name : James Paul Cleckler

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Morton

Original Name : Tucker Stone

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bully

Original Name : Jamison B. Dowd

Gender : Male

Character Name : Eda

Original Name : Beverly Shelton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tractor-Driver

Original Name : Geoff McKnight

Gender : Male

Character Name : Limo Driver

Original Name : T.S. Morgan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Morton Williams

Original Name : Carl Espy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Vietnam Veteran

Original Name : Brendan Fraser

Gender : Male

Character Name : Baby

Original Name : Alice Tew

Gender : Male

Character Name : Brett Jones (uncredited)

Original Name : Rand Courtney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bobby Fricker (uncredited)

Original Name : Brandon Kleyla

Gender : Male

Character Name : Emily (uncredited)

Original Name : Haviland Stillwell

Gender : Female

Character Name : Bud's News Photographer (uncredited)

Original Name : Dave Thompson

Gender : Male

Reviews

Filipe Manuel Neto

@FilipeManuelNeto

2023-09-04

**A film with some charm and lack of originality, but which works well as a family film, and which deserves to be brought back from oblivion.** This production from the 90s, currently somewhat forgotten, is another film without any bones that we can watch with our grandmothers and our children by our side, and which deserves to be revisited and cherished. I can understand why it fell into the deepest forgotten films: it's not a remarkable production, it's not one of those films that leaves a mark on us for life. However, it does its job impeccably. The story is quite nice, even if it has nothing original: four friends meet again many years after having separated to pursue their lives, and the bond of friendship that has united them since childhood is reinforced by the reunion, full of nostalgia and good memories. There are lots of films about situations like this, and with similar themes, this is not new, but it is well done. The film has four good adult actresses (Demi Moore, Rita Wilson, Rosie O'Donnell and Melanie Griffith) and four promising ones (Christina Ricci, Thora Birch, Gaby Hoffmann and Ashleigh Aston Moore), since the four main characters are played today and at puberty, twenty years earlier. This is very interesting, but the truth is that there are not even similarities between the young actresses and their adult counterparts: the most blatant case is the character Roberta, where I really don't see any physiognomic similarity between Ricci and O'Donnell. Of course, people change… but not radically. If we forget this uncomfortable detail, the work of the eight protagonists is quite good, and each one has time and opportunities to show what they are worth. On a technical level, the film is strictly nothing special. The recreation of the 1970s fails because it is not very evident, that is, there are no elements, in the sets or props on stage, that help us understand the era in which the action takes place. The setting has a certain charm and good taste (I especially liked the gas lamps), and the tree house is very beautiful, as are the filming locations and cinematography. But that's it.