Matinee

“Lawrence Woolsey presents the end of civilization as we know it. Make that... Proudly Presents!”

6.7

1993

1h 39m

ComedyDrama

Director: Joe Dante

Overview

A showman introduces a small coastal town to a unique movie experience and capitalizes on the Cuban Missile crisis hysteria with a kitschy horror extravaganza combining film effects, stage props and actors in rubber suits in this salute to the B-movie.

Trailer

Matinee (1993) - Official Trailer Official

Cast

Lawrence Woolsey

John Goodman

Lawrence Woolsey

Ruth Corday / Carole

Cathy Moriarty

Ruth Corday / Carole

Gene Loomis

Simon Fenton

Gene Loomis

Stan

Omri Katz

Stan

Sandra

Lisa Jakub

Sandra

Sherry

Kellie Martin

Sherry

Dennis Loomis

Jesse Lee Soffer

Dennis Loomis

Anne Loomis

Lucinda Jenney

Anne Loomis

Harvey Starkweather

James Villemaire

Harvey Starkweather

Howard

Robert Picardo

Howard

Mr. Spector

Jesse White

Mr. Spector

Herb

Dick Miller

Herb

Reviews

r96sk

A bore! John Goodman almost saves <em>'Matinee'</em>, he's good, but not quite. I personally didn't care for the characters of Key West and their stories, especially the parts with those portrayed by Kellie Martin, Omri Katz and James Villemaire. The story shoots off into quite a few directions, but I was genuinely not into any of it apart from the scenes with Goodman's Woolsey. The 'film within a film', <em>'Mant!'</em>, is great though - it actually amused me a fair bit, which was a stark contrast to what the real comedy (or lack thereof) achieved. I appreciate what it was going for, but I just didn't dig the vast majority of it unfortunately.

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