Finnegan Begin Again
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Finnegan Begin Again
Finnegan Begin Again
Finnegan Begin Again
1985
Romance, Comedy
TV Movie
1h 55m
Robert Preston is retired and taking care of his senile wife. He can't get her to allow him to throw anything out and their house has become unmanageable. He meets Mary Tyler Moore who is dating a man with whom she is hopelessly mismatched. They become confidants and each allows the other to share their life and experiences with them.

Directed by:

Joan Micklin Silver
Joan-Micklin-Silver
19 total credits
Joan Micklin Silver has 19 credits at Criticker, including: Loverboy, Crossing Delancey, Chilly Scenes of Winter and Hester Street

Writer:

Walter Lockwood
Walter-Lockwood
2 total credits
Walter Lockwood has 2 credits at Criticker, including: Battling for Baby and Finnegan Begin Again

Starring:

Giancarlo Esposito
Giancarlo-Esposito
95 total credits
Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito (born April 26, 1958) is an American film and television actor and director. Esposito is known for his portrayal of FBI agent Mike Giardello on the TV crime drama Homicide: Life on the Street. That role reflected both his black and Italian heritage. He played this role from 1998-1999 until the series' cancellation. The character's father Al is portrayed as subject to colorism, something Esposito's character practiced in School Daze...(Wikipedia)
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Avery Brooks
Avery-Brooks
20 total credits
Brooks is perhaps best known for his television roles as Benjamin Sisko on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, as Hawk on Spenser: For Hire and its spinoff A Man Called Hawk, and as Dr. Robert Sweeney in the Academy Award-nominated film American History X.
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David Huddleston
David-Huddleston
35 total credits
David Huddleston has 35 credits at Criticker, including: The Big Lebowski, Blazing Saddles, Frantic, Joe's Apartment and Capricorn One
,
Bob Gunton
Bob-Gunton
58 total credits
Bob Gunton has 58 credits at Criticker, including: The Shawshank Redemption, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, Demolition Man, The Perfect Storm and Patch Adams
,
Sam Waterston
Sam-Waterston
63 total credits
Samuel Atkinson "Sam" Waterston is an American actor and occasional producer and director. Among other roles, he is noted for his Academy Award-nominated portrayal of Sydney Schanberg in 1984's The Killing Fields, and his Golden Globe- and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning portrayal of Jack McCoy on the NBC television series Law & Order. He has been nominated for multiple Golden Globe-, Screen Actors Guild-, BAFTA- and Emmy Awards, having starred in over eighty film...(Wikipedia)
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Mary Tyler Moore
Mary-Tyler-Moore
24 total credits
Mary Tyler Moore has 24 credits at Criticker, including: Ordinary People, Flirting with Disaster, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Mary Tyler Moore Show
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Sylvia Sidney
Sylvia-Sidney
51 total credits
Sylvia Sidney has 51 credits at Criticker, including: Beetlejuice, Sabotage, Damien: Omen II, Fury and You Only Live Once
,
Robert Preston
Robert-Preston
49 total credits
Robert Preston has 49 credits at Criticker, including: The Last Starfighter, Victor/Victoria, The Music Man, This Gun for Hire and Junior Bonner

Genres:

Romance, Comedy, Drama

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Finnegan Begin Again

1985
Romance, Comedy
TV Movie
1h 55m
Avg Percentile 52.69% from 2 total ratings

Ratings & Reviews

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Rated 23 Aug 2024
43
36th
Man, people get nostalgic over this one. All I can say is, thank god HBO's taste in original programming improved or it wouldn't have lasted the decade. It's a solid enough plot as far as rom-coms go, but the dialogue is often brash and always cheesy, and the director does nothing to modulate things--there's not a whiff of subtlety anywhere. It is saved only, and I mean ONLY, by the skill and charisma of the three leads--Mary Tyler Moore, Robert Preston, and Sam Waterston.

Cast & Info

Directed by:

Joan Micklin Silver
Joan-Micklin-Silver
19 total credits
Joan Micklin Silver has 19 credits at Criticker, including: Loverboy, Crossing Delancey, Chilly Scenes of Winter and Hester Street

Writer:

Walter Lockwood
Walter-Lockwood
2 total credits
Walter Lockwood has 2 credits at Criticker, including: Battling for Baby and Finnegan Begin Again

Starring:

Giancarlo Esposito
Giancarlo-Esposito
95 total credits
Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito (born April 26, 1958) is an American film and television actor and director. Esposito is known for his portrayal of FBI agent Mike Giardello on the TV crime drama Homicide: Life on the Street. That role reflected both his black and Italian heritage. He played this role from 1998-1999 until the series' cancellation. The character's father Al is portrayed as subject to colorism, something Esposito's character practiced in School Daze...(Wikipedia)
,
Avery Brooks
Avery-Brooks
20 total credits
Brooks is perhaps best known for his television roles as Benjamin Sisko on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, as Hawk on Spenser: For Hire and its spinoff A Man Called Hawk, and as Dr. Robert Sweeney in the Academy Award-nominated film American History X.
,
David Huddleston
David-Huddleston
35 total credits
David Huddleston has 35 credits at Criticker, including: The Big Lebowski, Blazing Saddles, Frantic, Joe's Apartment and Capricorn One
,
Bob Gunton
Bob-Gunton
58 total credits
Bob Gunton has 58 credits at Criticker, including: The Shawshank Redemption, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, Demolition Man, The Perfect Storm and Patch Adams
,
Sam Waterston
Sam-Waterston
63 total credits
Samuel Atkinson "Sam" Waterston is an American actor and occasional producer and director. Among other roles, he is noted for his Academy Award-nominated portrayal of Sydney Schanberg in 1984's The Killing Fields, and his Golden Globe- and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning portrayal of Jack McCoy on the NBC television series Law & Order. He has been nominated for multiple Golden Globe-, Screen Actors Guild-, BAFTA- and Emmy Awards, having starred in over eighty film...(Wikipedia)
,
Mary Tyler Moore
Mary-Tyler-Moore
24 total credits
Mary Tyler Moore has 24 credits at Criticker, including: Ordinary People, Flirting with Disaster, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Mary Tyler Moore Show
,
Sylvia Sidney
Sylvia-Sidney
51 total credits
Sylvia Sidney has 51 credits at Criticker, including: Beetlejuice, Sabotage, Damien: Omen II, Fury and You Only Live Once
,
Robert Preston
Robert-Preston
49 total credits
Robert Preston has 49 credits at Criticker, including: The Last Starfighter, Victor/Victoria, The Music Man, This Gun for Hire and Junior Bonner

Genres:

Romance, Comedy, Drama

Country:

USA

Language:

English
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