"Just when you think you've found the right guy, someone even worse comes along."
This was a good romantic small town dramedy directed by Martin Ritt.
The cast is great: Sally Field is Emma Moriarty, a divorced woman and Corey Haim his teenage boy Jake. Once again they have to move into a new town. James Garner is Murphy Jones, town drug store owner and Brian Kerwin is Emma´s ex-husband who´s having second thoughts.
Field and Garner have great chemistry and i loved their coversations. Field has said that her on-screen kiss with Garner was the best cinematic kiss she had ever experienced. Sally Field, and director Martin Ritt, had to fight the studio, Columbia Pictures, in order to cast Garner. Luckily they won.
Garner is such a great actor, i also love his work in Skin Game (1971), Tank (1984) and Maverick (1994).
I liked the Florence, Arizona locations and the small town atmosphere.
There´s also a great movie theater scene (they watch Friday the 13th part III), everyone but the ex-husband has trouble watching the flick and they leave the theater and go play bingo
Recommended!
[ 23. February 2012, 02:48: Message edited by: aTomiK ]
Posted by Muffy Tepperman (Member # 1551) on :
Atomik this has been on the Encore channels here recently and i've caught pieces of it but never manage to catch it at the begining....what i've seen I like! but I love Sally Field!
Posted by Veronica Sawyer (Member # 2221) on :
This is a good movie. Kind of sad, but sweet too. Love Corey Haim in this! He doesn't even look like himself at all.
Posted by Ronnie (Member # 465) on :
i watched this months ago on netflix, but didn't see the ending. what i saw was ok...
i definitely agree about the chemistry with fields and garner.
Posted by Logan 5 (Member # 1467) on :
quote:what i've seen I like! but I love Sally Field!
You liked her! You really liked her!
quote:Love Corey Haim in this! He doesn't even look like himself at all.
What the?!
Posted by Valley (Member # 1322) on :
"Murphy's Romance" is an outstanding movie that you appreciate even more as you get older.
James Garner and Sally Fields made an excellent combination on screen.
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