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Matinee

6.7/10
TMDB347 votes
1993Original: English99 min

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.

Genres: Comedy
Cast: John Goodman, Cathy Moriarty, Simon Fenton, Omri Katz, Lisa Jakub

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About Matinee

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Matinee (1993) is a film in the comedy genres. Directed by Joe Dante. The cast includes John Goodman, Cathy Moriarty, Simon Fenton, Omri Katz.

Released
1993-01-29
Original language
English
Runtime
99 minutes
Status
Released
Production countries
United States of America
Production companies
Falcon Productions, Renfield Productions
Directors
Joe Dante
Writers
Charles S. Haas, Jerico

Matinee cast & characters

Audience reviews

6.7/10 from 347 TMDB votes. Ratings and reviews are supplied by TMDB. Reviews are attributed to their original authors.

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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…

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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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What is Matinee about?

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.

Who stars in Matinee?

John Goodman, Cathy Moriarty, Simon Fenton, Omri Katz, Lisa Jakub, Kellie Martin. See the cast cards above for character names.

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