Used People (1992)
- Starring:
- Shirley MacLaine, Kathy Bates, (more)
- Director(s):
- Beeban Kidron
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13
Synopsis of Used People
Todd Graff wrote the screenplay for this eccentric romantic comedy in the spirit of Moonstruck that exchanges pasta for matzo balls. The film takes place in Queens in 1969, where Pearl Berman (Shirley MacLaine) has just arrived back from the funeral of her husband. As her dysfunctional family kvetches in the living room, the dapper Joe Meledandri (Marcello Mastroianni) arrives. It seems that Joe has admired Pearl from afar for a number of years, ever since he met her husband in a bar and persuaded him to return to his wife. He invites Pearl for coffee, provoking the wisecrack from her mother (Jessica Tandy): "She got picked up at her own husband's funeral." As Pearl is wooed by Joe, she has to deal with her lonely, overweight daughter Bibby (Kathy Bates) and her prettier daughter Norma (Marcia Gay Harden), who suffers from such a lack of self esteem that she assumes the personalities of Marilyn Monroe, Jackie Kennedy, and Bonnie Parker. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
Complete Cast of Used People
- Shirley MacLaine - Pearl Berman
- Jessica Tandy - Freida
- Marcia Gay Harden - Norma
- Joe Pantoliano - Frank
- Bob Dishy - Jack Berman
- Louis Guss - Uncle Normy
- Irving Metzman - Uncle Al
- Lee Wallace - Uncle Harry
- Gil Filar - Mark
- Sam Hutchinson - Crying Baby
- Mary Colquhoun
- Stephanie Voves - Girl at Wedding
- Jeremy Trancz - Cousin Matthew
- Stuart Stone - Cousin Stevie
- Michael Ricupero - Eddie
- Genevieve Langlois - French Teacher
- Luba Goy - Nursing Home Staff Member
- Diane D'Aquila - Rose
- Kathy Bates - Bibby
- Marcello Mastroianni - Joe Meledandri
- Sylvia Sidney - Becky
- Matthew Branton - Swee'Pea
- Charles Cioffi - Paolo
- Helen Hanft - Aunt Ruthie
- Doris Roberts - Aunt Lonnie
- Ida Bemardini - Aunt Louisa
- Maia Filar - Rhonda
- Janet Richardson - Carla
- Philip Williams - Vic
- Asia Vieira - Young Norma
- Emma Tammi - Young Bibby
- Rosario Russo - Theresa
- Jim Millan - Priest
- David Gow - Bill the Jeweler
- Dominic Cuzzocrea - Rabbi
- Director(s):
- Beeban Kidron
- Writer(s):
- Todd Graff
- Producer(s):
- Peggy Rajski
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13(Profanity, Strong Sexual Content, Not For Children)
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