Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 139 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
The story
A misanthropic author, a single mother and waitress, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery.
- new york city
- friendship
- waitress
- single parent
- restaurant
- lone wolf
- dogsitter
- road trip
- racist
- neighbor
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Jack Nicholson
Melvin Udall
Helen Hunt
Carol Connelly
Greg Kinnear
Simon Bishop
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Frank Sachs
- Shirley Knight — Beverly Connelly
- Jesse James — Spencer Connelly
- Yeardley Smith — Jackie Simpson
- Lupe Ontiveros — Nora Manning
- Skeet Ulrich — Vincent Lopiano
- Harold Ramis — Dr. Bettes
- Lawrence Kasdan — Dr. Green
- Bibi Osterwald — Neighbor Woman
- Ross Bleckner — Carl
- Bernadette Balagtas — Caterer
- Jaffe Cohen — Partygoer
- Directed
- James L. Brooks
- Written
- James L. Brooks, Mark Andrus
Production
- Rating
- 7.4 / 10 · 4,229 ratings
- Studio
- TriStar Pictures, Gracie Films
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
