Matinee (1993)
A small time film promoter releases a kitschy horror film during the Cuban Missile Crisis. (imdb)
Country: USA
Directed By: Joe Dante
Written By: Charles S. Haas, Jerico
Starring: Cathy Moriarty, John Goodman, Lucinda Jenney, Lisa Jakub, Omri Katz, Dick Miller, Robert Picardo, Kellie Martin, Jesse White, Simon Fenton, Jesse Lee Soffer, James Villemaire
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Matinee belongs to 12 collections
1. Jonathan Rosenbaum's Top 1000 Movies (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 36 stars)
2. Psychotronic Film and Video Guides (public: moderated by Gregzilla - 34 stars)
3. Movies about movies (public: moderated by Pickpocket - 28 stars)
4. 1960s period film (public: moderated by djross - 7 stars)
5. Great Films about Childhood (public: moderated by PerryStroika - 4 stars)
6. Ensemble Cast (public: moderated by Dorkovsky - 3 stars)
7. Jerry Goldsmith (composer) (public: moderated by djross)
8. 1993 Wide Releases U.S. (public: moderated by Roman_Herbom)
9. Coheed's Films I Need To See Or Try To Track Down (private: Coheed - 3 stars)
10. 1993: Year in Review (private: polanski28)
11. P. Watchlist (private: nnraiden)
12. Forrest Watch List (private: ForrestQ)
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| Oct 12, 2020 | Lonewolf2003 | 72 50% |
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A very nice movie for a weekend afternoon. The plot is just there for Dante to showcase his homage to a beloved bygone age of genre cinema. Downside is that if that homage doesn't work for you, there is little left but a standard family friendly plot, with an not very insightful parable between atomic paranoia and movie scares. But for me this love letter to cinema put a big smile on my face. Goodman is very engaging as the director, who with his use of gimmicks is based on William Castle.
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Nostalgic!
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Absolutely kicking myself for not watching this one years ago. It's right up my alley. John Goodman was excellent and the movie was lots of fun. It's actually probably better I saw it now and can appreciate the 1950s/early 1960s monster/sci-fi movies (as I've seen many now). It's clean and takes you to that place.
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Fantastic slice of Americana. I love when the Orange Idiot takes to twitter and for brief moments we get to feel the terror everyone lived in constantly during the height of the Cold War.
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Delightful homage to a long gone era.
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it’s like a poem i once wrote: 'the road, the sacred pavement, we are the traffic, we are... what we traffic in. and the truck stops here, it’s no skin off my asphalt. it’s just a line, just a yellow line. my socks are red and i’m ready to ride.'
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Loved the setting, the references, and the detail including the movie posters in the background. It wasn't advertised well on my blu-ray copy though---I thought it was a horror movie. John Goodman nailed the William Castle style showmanship. Fav scene: the shopping cart uncle.
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| Mar 01, 2019 | oaic | 85 65% |
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| Feb 21, 2019 | loosecanons2 | 100 0% |
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| Apr 14, 2018 | daystron7 | 67 68% |
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WWallce4prez | 74 55% |
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Joe Dante’s infusion of his own sense of humor and playfulness into an ode to cinema is in full effect in this forgetten gem. There is a lot to juggle and not all of it works, but the palpable nostalgia is wonderful. Goodman has rarely been better.
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scott.mcc | 60 36% |
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| Jan 09, 2018 | cengaveri | 75 61% |
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| Dec 30, 2017 | ericambler | 70 45% |
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MATINEE is Joe Dante's love letter to a bygone era of showmanship, featuring a terrific performance from John Goodman as a film promoter who expertly works the levers of hype--even during an international crisis. Alas, the film focuses more on a rather conventional coming-of-age story, among many other subplots uneven in tone and quality. Yet there is no denying MATINEE's infectious passion for larger-than-life stories and the retro kitsch that Dante convincingly re-creates with reverence.
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roujin | 70 78% |
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Ag0stoMesmer | 1 20% |
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Couple of smiles aside it's a family film too dull for children and too clunky with it's news=horror thing for adults.
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chadisdanger | 79 54% |
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Eagle-X | 3 23% |
| Oct 25, 2016 | jerrywarton | 57 29% |
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| Oct 15, 2016 | phoBos42 | 89 69% |
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"Matinee" (1993) I recently happened upon this likable comedy directed by Joe Dante (Gremlins, Innerspace, The Howling) and set in 1961 during the Cuban Missile Crisis. The young protagonist Gene, a recent resident of Key West, FL, finds himself in a small community with no friends, unhappy and forlorn. When word gets out that his Navy dad is on a ship blockading Cuba, he becomes something of a high school celebrity, who gains acceptance by a small circle of friends. Eventually he hooks up w
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| Oct 11, 2016 | bandit21 | 63 24% |
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| Sep 24, 2016 |  |
Yiannos | 73 76% |
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Matinee is a charming and affectionate tribute to B movies and the paranoias that fuelled them. Goodman is great as a minor William Castle like player who self distributes his films and orchestrates elaborate pranks on audiences with a glee that borders on sadism. Dante effectively recreates the early 60's and has a few thoughtful ideas about the relationship between horror films and war, but its impact is somewhat blunted by its overly modest ambition. Its sincerity saves it.
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| Aug 14, 2016 | goatsupply | 89 73% |
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| Aug 06, 2016 |  |
FrankHowley | 60 28% |
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A pleasant throwback to 50's B pictures. Was expecting a wilder satire, but it's a genuine family film proudly made by Joe Dante as his most personal project.
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| Jul 26, 2016 | fireplacer | 68 37% |
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| Jul 17, 2016 | Whiggles | 7 57% |
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| Jul 12, 2016 | ribtin | 68 50% |
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robot2xl | 74 83% |
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JLFM | 65 43% |
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It's an interesting work and often fun, but ultimately, it's less than the sum of its parts. [Full Review]
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rklenseth | 70 59% |
| Apr 24, 2015 | OldAle1 | 70 37% |
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SirRobbie | 70 53% |
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Weak script but a ton of great ideas and made by someone who truly loves and understands the genre.
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| Mar 16, 2015 | 10kfilms | 47 41% |
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| Mar 14, 2015 | DocBrowne | 94 95% |
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warrensm | 65 42% |
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Though you may drift off at times, Matinee is a very creative, intelligent, spot-on homage to B-movies that is well worth your attention.
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| Feb 04, 2015 | rkosiba31 | 65 49% |
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| Jan 05, 2015 |  |
Armilio | 70 63% |
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A delicious, underrated comedy from a great underrated director as Joe Dante.
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MoonSylver | 7 40% |
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RavynLoony | 50 36% |
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chemical404 | 64 69% |
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Dante's nostalgic love letter to suburban 50's, a decade of monster movies and atomic paranoia. It is a very likeable movie, with bigger than life John Goodman in the memorable starring role. One of Dante's best, in my opinion.
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| Sep 04, 2014 | Rotten Users | 60 36% |
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sirphibes | 74 70% |
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Fun family flick. Wish they would have shown more of MANT--a film so terrifying ONLY SCREAMS CAN DESCRIBE IT!
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schnofel | 46 33% |
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tinysausage | 74 57% |
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Terrific family film weaving the terror of the Cuban missile crisis into the premiere of a shlocky horror film. Goodman is great, and the whole thing glows with nostalgia.
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Joe Dante pays loving tribute to the gimmicky creature features of the 50s and 60s while also exploring the dread of the atomic age that inspired them, all in a film that, as the title suggests, is perhaps best suited to a lazy Saturday afternoon.
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