The Big Chill

– Kevin Kline and Glenn Close star as Harold and Sarah Cooper, a couple whose marital troubles are put..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.20 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 45 Minutes
Release Year:
1983
The Big Chill (1983)

Kevin Kline and Glenn Close star as Harold and Sarah Cooper, a couple whose marital troubles are put on hold while they host an unhappy reunion of former college pals gathered for the funeral of one of their own, a suicide victim named Alex. As the weekend unfolds, the friends catch up with each other, play the music of their youth, reminisce, smoke marijuana, and pair off with each other.

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Producing Country:
USA
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Genre:

The Big Chill (1983) - Trailer

Release Date:

30 Sep 1983

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Lawrence Kasdan

Writer:

Lawrence Kasdan, Barbara Benedek

Main Actors:

Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum, William Hurt

Plot:

A seminal Thirty-Something movie in which a group of old college friends who are now all grown up and hardened by the big wide world come together for the funeral of Alex, a barely glimpsed corpse, who was at one time the brightest and the best of them, and yet who never managed to achieve half as much as any of the others. The friends use the occasion to reacquaint themselves with each other and to speculate as to what happened to their idealism which had been abundant when they were younger.

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 5 nominations.

Production:

Columbia Pictures

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
66%
Metacritic:
61%