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Rated: PG; Genres: Comedy, Drama; With: Maury Chaykin, Diane Keaton, Andie MacDowell, Nathan Watt and Michael Richards...
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Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman is a film critic for EW
UNSTRUNG HEROES (PG) Set in Los Angeles in the early '60s, the first theatrical feature directed by Diane Keaton is about a smart, sensitive Jewish kid, Steven Lidz (Nathan Watt), who learns that his mother (Andie MacDowell) is battling a life-threatening illness. Unable to face the pressure at home, he goes off to stay with his crazy uncles, Danny (Michael Richards) and Arthur (Maury Chaykin), who share an apartment that looks like a moldering insane asylum. The two are utterly dysfunctional misfits, yet both men, we're meant to understand, have the courage of their own soulful lunacy. Unfortunately, they come off as a couple of only-in-the-movies harmless eccentrics. C+
Posted Sep 29, 1995
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