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Matinee
Directed by
Joe Dante
PG
1993
1h 39m
Comedy
,
Drama
6.9
93%
63%
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The teenage son of a navy sailor newly stationed in Key West gets some excitement with his friends when a small-time film producer comes to town to premiere a kitschy horror film during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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Cast of Matinee
John Goodman
Lawrence Woolsey
Cathy Moriarty
Ruth Corday / Carole
Simon Fenton
Gene Loomis
Omri Katz
Stan
Lisa Jakub
Sandra
Kellie Martin
Sherry
Jesse Lee Soffer
Dennis Loomis
Lucinda Jenney
Anne Loomis
James Villemaire
Harvey Starkweather
Robert Picardo
Howard, the Theater Manager
Jesse White
Mr. Spector
Dick Miller
Herb Denning
John Sayles
Bob
David Clennon
Jack
Lucy Butler
Rhonda
Georgie Cranford
Dwight
Nick Bronson
Andy
Cory Barlog
Stan's Friend
George Carson
Stan's Friend
Joe Gonzalez
Stan's Friend
Belinda Balaski
Stan's Mom
Charles S. Haas
Mr. Elroy
Mark McCracken
Mant / Bill
Archie Hahn
Shopping Cart Star
Naomi Watts
Shopping Cart Starlet
Chris Stacy
Gas Station Attendant
Allison McKay
Teacher
Glenda Chism
Teacher
Aaron Stormer
Kid Near Andy
Lana Bucciarelli
'Eew!' Girl
Richard Rossomme
Shredded Wheat Man
D. Christian Gottshall
Store Clerk
Bernard Blanding
Soldier
Dennis Neal
Soldier
Luke Halpin
Man in Crowd
Eulan Middlebrooks
Young Man in Crowd
Elizabeth Dimon
Theater Cashier
Shane Obedzinski
Bleeding Kid
Summer-Healy Chapin
Balcony Full Kid
James Scott Hess
Kid in Floor Seat
Shawn Edward Watkins
Kid Next to Mr. Elroy
Danny Hanemann
Man Outside Theater
Jesse Zeigler
Kid in Line
Andy Isaacs
Faint Kid
Joe Candelora
Fireman
Steve Zurk
Cop
Mary Moriarty
Lady in Line
John Paul Lehman
Marine Guard
Jacob Witkin
Dr. Diablo
Tracy Roberts
Screaming Woman
Marc Macaulay
Shopping Cart Crook
Timothy Bass
Movie Theater Actor
Jeff Breslauer
Movie Theater Actor
Molly Conole
Movie Theater Actress
Peggy O'Neal
Movie Theater Actress
Colette Piceau
Movie Theater Actress
Steve DuMouchel
'Mob' Actor
Kurt Smildsin
'Mob' Actor
Michael T. Kelly
'Mob' Actor
Ike Pappas
Newscaster
Brett Rice
Gene's Dad (voice)
Sherman 'Big Train' Bergman
Soldier
Robert Cornthwaite
Dr. Flankon
Joey Fatone
Extra
Sherrie Peterson
Movie Theatre Patron
William Schallert
Dr. Grabow, DDS
Elijah Vorrasi
Theatre Patron
Kevin McCarthy
General Ankrum
Matinee Reviews
FanboyNation.com
Sean Mulvihill
Matinee is such an earnest film lacking in cynicism about the gimmickry of old that its warmth is infectious.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
A delightful comedy and one of the most charming movies in a long time.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
Uproarious comedy that film buffs should love.
The Young Folks
Gary Shannon
[Dante's] delirium is both hilariously absurd and terrifyingly convincing.
Gone With The Twins
Mike Massie
Executed without passion, with faulty pacing, and predicaments that are too dull even for a family-friendly movie.
Film Frenzy
Matt Brunson
One of director Joe Dante's finest achievements.
Under the Radar
Austin Trunick
Released in 1993, Matinee - a loving tribute to the z-grade, drive-in monster pics of the '50s and '60s, as viewed nostalgically through the eyes of children - isn't the sort of film you'd see come out of a major studio that often.
Cinema Crazed
Felix Vasquez Jr.
A wonderful message about the power of the horror director, and what treasures they can bestow on their audiences.
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The glory of Dante's comedy in this movie and others-as aided and abetted by his usual production team, producer Michael Finnell, cinematographer John Hora, and screenwriter Charlie Haas-is that it suggests poetic parallels without insisting on them.
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Stack
John Goodman is delightful in this sweetly amusing '60s-era comedy... Despite some incoherence in the plot, the film is genuinely charming and generous with its humor.
Deep Focus Review
Brian Eggert
When Woolsey loses himself in one of his many speeches about the power of movies, the importance of escape, and the joy it brings him to realize these notions for his audience, we sense this is exactly how Dante feels, and that joy is instantly catching.
MovieFreak.com
Sara Michelle Fetters
Love. Laugh. Shriek. Cry. Make every second count. Most of all, live. The life lessons Dante was imparting 30 years ago are as vital now as they ever were then, making Matinee a modern classic ripe for rediscovery.
Midwest Film Journal
Nick Rogers
"Matinee" is a fun time. But when you couple such a resolutely uncommercial idea with a filmmaker whose résumé illustrated clear disinterest in compromising his idiosyncratic paranoia, you might wish the film leaned a little harder into its nuclear wind.
KDHX (St. Louis)
Diane Carson
Throughout Matinee, director Dante delivers this retro 60s world in a thoroughly entertaining, brisk 99 minutes.
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