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Matinee

Movie
1993
1h 39m
PG
English
Comedy, Drama
User Score: 
6.7
Critic Score: 
88
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A showman introduces a small coastal town to a unique movie experience and capitalizes on the Cuban Missile crisis hysteria with a kitschy horror extravaganza combining film effects, stage props and actors in rubber suits in this salute to the B-movie.
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Matinee

PG
Movie
1993
1h 39m
English
Comedy, Drama
A showman introduces a small coastal town to a unique movie experience and capitalizes on the Cuban Missile crisis hysteria with a kitschy horror extravaganza combining film effects, stage props and actors in rubber suits in this salute to the B-movie.
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6.7
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CRITIC SCORE
88

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John Goodman
Lawrence Woolsey
Cathy Moriarty
Ruth Corday / Carole
Simon Fenton
Gene Loomis
Jesse Lee Soffer
Dennis Loomis
Lucinda Jenney
Anne Loomis
James Villemaire
Harvey Starkweather
Robert Picardo
Howard, the Theater Manager
Jesse White
Mr. Spector
Dick Miller
Herb Denning
Cory Barlog
Stan's Friend
Cory Barlog
Stan's Friend
George Carson
Stan's Friend
Joe Gonzalez
Stan's Friend
Belinda Balaski
Stan's Mom
Mark McCracken
Mant / Bill
Archie Hahn
Shopping Cart Star
Directed By: Joe Dante
Written By: Charles S. Haas (Screenplay), Jerico (Story)

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r96sk says...
2 years ago
A bore! John Goodman almost saves 'Matinee', he's good, but not quite. I personally didn't care for the characters of Key West and their stories, especially the parts with those portrayed by Kellie Martin, Omri Katz and James Villemaire. The story shoots off into quite a few directions, but I was genuinely not into any of it apart from the scenes with Goodman's Woolsey. The 'film within a film', 'Mant!', is great though - it actually amused me a fair bit, which was a stark contrast to what the real comedy (or lack thereof) achieved. I appreciate what it was going for, but I just didn't dig the vast majority of it unfortunately.
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Spiritualized Kaos says...
6 months ago
Homage to the fantasy B-movies of the 1960s.
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Buck Flower Sings says...
7 years ago
Fun 50s/60s homage, with an interesting horror take. Good for a watch but easy to see why this doesn't normally make too many 'favorite' lists.
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sage020 says...
2 years ago
Fun movie set to B horror films and the Cuban missile crisis.  A feel good movie that’s easy to watch but won’t likely stay in the memory bank for the long run.
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r96sk
one year ago
A bore! John Goodman almost saves 'Matinee', he's good, but not quite.

I personally didn't care for the characters of Key West and their stories, especially the parts with those portrayed by Kellie Martin, Omri Katz and James Villemaire. The story shoots off into quite a few directions, More
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Whitsbrain
7/10  3 years ago
"Mant". That was the name of the movie that Lawrence Woolsey unleashed on a small town theater in Key West, Florida. Woolsey's timing couldn't be better according to his own logic. The premier of "Mant" occurs during the Cuban Missile Crisis. On top of that, Woolsey is prepping the theater with More
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