Nothing in Common

One of my favorite Tom Hanks movie. I wanted to laugh so this was the perfect movie to watch. His more serious roles I watch but didn't want to be in a sad mood.

tom hanks is one of the worlds greatest actors. early in his career he portrays a young man trying to run a advertising business, while trying to keep the peace between two bickering divorced parents who cannot show their son any signs how much they love him. He knows they love him yet they are so concerned over their own feelings they display little emotion toward their only son. and never say or show their love for him. only when his father becomes seriously ill, do his parents begin to understand how they burdened their son with grief and how wrong they both had been, how they begin to love all over again is tearful, yet it is a story everyone can relate to, for sometimes we all as parents fail to show each other and our children how to think with our hearts.

I first saw this on VHS back in the 80's when I was stationed out in Germany. Tom Hanks wasn't nearly as big (no pun intended) then as now, and I still thought of him first from "Bosom Buddies" back then. Gleason does a great job as the cranky curmudgeon old father, and Hanks plays what was, for him at that time, his signature goofy smart alec persona. There's some great laughs in it, but it's really a great emotional movie as well, it covers quite a bit of ground. This is one of the first movies I remember seeing that really fit the "emotional rollercoaster" description. The quality of video and sound was better than I had anticipated considering how long ago it was made. All told, it's a great deal for a great movie. This is one of the movies from the 80's I was very happy to see come out in Blu-ray so I could add a good HQ version to my movie collection.

Before he went all soporific on everybody. Before he made the ill-advised "Philadelphia" and then the cleverer "Forrest Gump", Hanks was actually a fairly broad comic actor. Some of his movies hit the mark, like "Splash" and "The Money Pit", and others bombed badly, like "The Man With One Red Shoe" and "Bachelor Party". He was great at playing overly-confident, affable yuppies that were almost always put-upon in the extreme or finding themselves in odd situations, like he did in this one. In this movie, Hanks plays David Basner, a hotshot adman in Chicago, with comical co-workers and upper-middle-aged parents that are breaking up. While he tries romancing the daughter of a major client, (Sela Ward, hubba-hubba!) he also has to deal with his poor father (Jackie Gleason) losing his wife of 40 years and his job, all within the same month! The "tough love" tenderness Basner uses with his dad is offset by the kid gloves he uses with his mother, played by Eva Marie Saint. There are some ingenious comic scenes in this film, such as the ad company presentation to the Texan airline owner client, father of the Sela Ward character, (the woman with the guitar voicing the old lady on the plane is priceless,) and some other ad proposals are done well too. However, it is the later scenes with Max, his father, that will probably get to you the most. This was Jackie Gleason's last movie, and it is LIGHT YEARS better than most of the stuff he starred in late in his career, specifically the "Smokey & The Bandit" movies and "The Sting II". Hanks would go on to make "Joe Versus The Volcano", which was really Meg Ryan's movie more than his, his last broad comedy, and then made "A League of Their Own", which changed his career as well as saved it. There was no looking back after "Philadelphia", which was actually his first totally dramatic role. Frankly, I kinda miss the affable yuppy Hanks and would love to see him in another "Money Pit". Whaddya say, Tom....huh?

If you haven't seen this before, take the time. All actors have great performances. Probably the first time I saw Tom Hanks attempt a drama rather than comedy. Yep he is a good actor. Jackie Gleason is wonderful in this role.

a bit long worded

Tom Hanks' first movie and Jackie Gleason's last movie. Yin and Yang of Hollywood.

Great movie-different time (very)

Being a Tom Hanks fan and owning many of his films on DVD, this is certainly a favourite of mine and one I enjoy watching every time. A classic 80s comedy drama. Jackie Gleason plays a great part as Hanks’ Dad, in what I think was his last role before he sadly died. It’s got everything. Humour, a heartfelt storyline, a good soundtrack and just an all round good film. Not well known, but one I definitely recommend.

La película Nothing in Common, "Nada en común" titulada en España. Edición alemana en dvd. ASIN: B00005YWCM contiene audio y subtítulos en castellano. Directamente te saldrá el menú de España y curiosamente no está editada en nuestro país. Una edición sin extras aunque contiene 3 trailers de películas de Tom Hanks, el de esta película, Philafelfia y Algo para recordar. Los cuales están subtitulados, algo que se ha perdido casi por completo ya que casi nunca te encuentras los trailers subtitulados. La imagen se presenta en 16:9 - 1.85:1. y con una calidad optima. Tenemos los 5 audios principales, Inglés, Alemán, Francés, Italiano y Castellano. Todos en estéreo, 2.0 Para subtítulos 21 idiomas, incluido como ya he dicho, el nuestro. En IMDB se indica que la película tiene 118 minutos, en esta edición solo 114 incluidos los créditos, la película en sí son 110 minutos. No sé si tendrá que ver con el paso de NTSC a PAL o es que en Europa nos censuraron 4 minutos. Una película a destacar por un motivo principal, fue el último trabajo del actor Jackie Gleason. Si os ha servido de ayuda este comentario, tomad ejemplo. Es muy importante que se explique todo muy bien ya que en amazon o se mezclan comentarios de diferentes ediciones o faltan datos en la descripción. A mi me costó el 18 de Abril de 2016, 3.99€. Síguenos en Facebook. ColeccionistasCine ;)

Happy to own it

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