A bore! John Goodman almost saves <em>'Matinee'</em>, 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', <em>'Mant!'</em>, 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.
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.
Quick Stats
6.7
TMDB Rating
333
Votes
1h 39m
Runtime
$14.0M
Budget
$9.5M
Box Office
68%
Return
Key Crew
DirectorJoe Dante
WriterCharles S. Haas
CinematographyJohn Hora
ComposerMark Mangini
EditorMarshall Harvey
Production DesignSteven Legler
Produced by
Falcon ProductionsRenfield Productions
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1 featuredCast

John Goodman
Lawrence Woolsey

Cathy Moriarty
Ruth Corday / Carole

Simon Fenton
Gene Loomis

Omri Katz
Stan

Lisa Jakub
Sandra

Kellie Martin
Sherry

Jesse Lee Soffer
Dennis Loomis

Lucinda Jenney
Anne Loomis
J
James Villemaire
Harvey Starkweather

Robert Picardo
Howard

Jesse White
Mr. Spector

Dick Miller
Herb

John Sayles
Bob

David Clennon
Jack

Lucy Butler
Rhonda







