Gentle, witty and delightful without ever being manipulative, Nobody's Fool is adult entertainment of rare quality.
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08/12/08
Nobody's Fool (1994)
90 %
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Reviews Counted: 39
Fresh: 35
Rotten:4
Average Rating: 7.6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Paul Newman stars as Donald "Sully" Sullivan in Robert Benton's adaptation of the Richard Russo novel. A 60-year-old part-time laborer who lost touch with the wife and children he abandoned--along with most of his other... [More]
Starring: Paul Newman, Jessica Tandy, Melanie Griffith, Bruce Willis
Director: Robert Benton
Reviews for Nobody's Fool
Top Critic Benton's quietly superb adaptation of Richard Russo's novel is one of those movies you thought they didn't make anymore.
06/24/06
Top Critic The tagline for Nobody's Fool was 'Worn to perfection.' That sums up the life and acting career of Paul Newman.
09/22/08
By giving his movie a very effective realistic look, by helping his actors to shape strongly believable performances, even when they are doing implausible things, Benton lends credence to...inspirational fibs.
08/12/08
Top Critic Paul Newman's Oscar-nominated performance and Robert Benton's solid, unobtrusive direction combine to create a resonant if unsurprising meditation on growing old in America.
08/12/08
Top Critic
In Benton's low-key tale, Paul Newman gives one of his best performances as an aging loser, a construction worker who's made "nothing" of his life; divorced and alientaed from his kids, he lives in the house of his old teacher (the great Jessica Tandy)
09/16/06
Solid acting performances across the board, with Newman's star shining brightly the whole way through.
06/24/06
A low-key but very affecting character-comedy with Paul Newman playing the kind of charismatic rebel that made him a star in the first place.
01/25/06
Nobody's Fool offers a hell of a lot more than just Paul Newman at his very best, although that alone would make the flick worthy of your attention.
05/10/04
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