Wrestling Ernest Hemingway aspires to be serious about its subject. Yet in a curious way this sobriety works against it. Frank and Walt turn into schematically contrasting case studies, and the movie's sympathy for them eventually becomes patronizing.

| Jun 14, 2009

Randa Haines' sappy, rather dull melodrama about the friendship between two eccentric old men is mostly a showcase for its stars, Robert Duvall and Richard Harris.

Full Review | Original Score: C | Jun 27, 2007

There aren't really any surprises, but it's a delight to see a movie which idles away without anything more pressing on its mind than people.

| Jan 26, 2006

Instead of simply assuming that the old have interesting lives, the film never stops congratulating itself for being daring enough to focus on them.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | May 20, 2003

The movie is essentially about the close observation of behavior. Like some of Hemingway's stories, the real action is all implied. The characters trade small talk, and we sense that larger issues are lurking beneath their cheerfulness.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 1, 2000

It's another right of passage movie that pinballs off of clichs as though that is a way to achieve meaning.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 1, 2000

This movie is so loaded down with calendar-poster sentiments, you may find yourself wanting to wrestle the filmmakers.

| Jan 1, 2000

An endearing buddy movie for the senior crowd.

| Jan 1, 2000