When a lively young family moves in next door, grumpy widower Otto Anderson meets his match in a quick-witted, pregnant woman named Marisol, leading to an unlikely friendship that turns his world upside down.
Fall in love with the grumpiest man in America.
Director: Marc Forster
Screenplay: David Magee
Tom Hanks
Otto Anderson
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Best Performance
Mariana Treviño
Marisol
Rachel Keller
Sonya
John Higgins
Hardware Store Clerk
Tony Bingham
Hardware Store Customer
Lily Kozub
Hardware Store Taylor
Mack Bayda
Malcolm
Cameron Britton
Jimmy
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Scene Stealer
Juanita Jennings
Anita
Peter Lawson Jones
Reuben
Max Pavel
Andy
Kailey Hyman
Barb
John Higgins
Hardware Store Clerk
Peter Sipla
Stimco Steel Boss
Patrick Stanny
Stimco Steel Terry
Dominick Marrone
Stimco Steel Co-Worker #1
Allyson R. Hood
Stimco Steel Co-Worker #2
Kristy Nolen
Stimco Steel Worker #3
Carl Clemons
Stimco Steel Worker #4
Connor McCanlus
Stimco Steel Worker #5
Cindy Jackson
Delivery Person
Manuel Garcia-Rulfo
Tommy
Christiana Montoya
Luna
Alessandra Perez
Abbie
Bodhi Wilson
Child Otto
Ira Amyx
Otto's Father
Greg Allan Martin
Lucas
Truman Hanks
Young Otto
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Worst Performance
Jon Osbeck
Army Doctor
Elle Chapman
Sarah, Train Ticketer
Bryant Carroll
Train Conductor '73
Mike Birbiglia
Dye & Merica Real Estate Agent
Julian Manjerico
Beppo The Clown
Jon Donahue
Officer Dudley
Aaron Marcus
Train Station Businessman
Jeff Hochendoner
Burly Train Commuter
Vance Tinsley
Train Commuter #1
Asher Gideon
Graduating Student
Clay Davis
Train Commuter #2
Jared Frenke
Train Commuter #3
James Peyton
Train Commuter #4
Josephine Valentina Clark
Influencer Abbey
Josefine Lindegaard
Influencer Julia
Kathleen Regan
Train Station Commuter #5
Micah Southwood
Train Station Mother
Hunter Southwood
Train Station Child
Spenser Granese
Nick (Driving Lesson Muscle Head)
Emonie Ellison
Young Anita
Lavel Schley
Young Reuben
Kelly Lamor Wilson
Shari Kenzie
David Magee
Dye & Merica Rep '83
William Paul Clark
Dye & Merica Agent #2 '83
Rachel Layne
Dye & Merica Secret Agent
Mark Philip Stevenson
Funeral Minister
Joe Fishel
Doctor (uncredited)
Gina Aponte
Train Rider (uncredited)
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Reviews
This was one of the most depressing movies I've ever seen. That's mostly due to the source material but the movie didn't improve upon it. The music was strange, the flashbacks were weirdly done, and there were no later flashbacks, only from the very beginning of their relationship. And I really did not like the ending. Tom Hanks and the rest of the cast did their best but I would not recommend this movie.
Grade: C– / HeathersCorner / May 21, 2023