Publishing magnate refuses to publish a book by his son's male lover so the kids buy out their father and run it themselves!Publishing magnate refuses to publish a book by his son's male lover so the kids buy out their father and run it themselves!Publishing magnate refuses to publish a book by his son's male lover so the kids buy out their father and run it themselves!
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFilm debut of Viola Davis.
- Quotes
Sarah Geldheart: Tell me the truth. Does anybody actually finish a book once they have formed an opinion of it?
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I saw this movie just recently and was certainly disappointed ... not that I was expecting a masterpiece either but it was sooooooo long and uninteresting I nearly fell asleep at the 2/3's point ...
A whole lot of pointless dialogues going round and round ... discussions about some old book that we don't care for anyway ... annoying characters on the screen (like the author of that Holocaust book that made me cringe 10 times at least during the movie wishing he would shut up and stop whining about everything from the coffee he was drinking to the editors he was meeting) ...
The stubborn old man in the lead was also quite boring (not too mention hard headed) and then last part of the movie where he finally goes off his rockers (big surprise, pretty clear from the get go this guy has serious "issues" !) for good is really bad ... lots of scenes that made me think "oh, come on" and wish I could slap the old dude back into reality at once... or maybe send him to an asylum ...
I couldn't wait for this "thing" to end ... 1.5/5
A whole lot of pointless dialogues going round and round ... discussions about some old book that we don't care for anyway ... annoying characters on the screen (like the author of that Holocaust book that made me cringe 10 times at least during the movie wishing he would shut up and stop whining about everything from the coffee he was drinking to the editors he was meeting) ...
The stubborn old man in the lead was also quite boring (not too mention hard headed) and then last part of the movie where he finally goes off his rockers (big surprise, pretty clear from the get go this guy has serious "issues" !) for good is really bad ... lots of scenes that made me think "oh, come on" and wish I could slap the old dude back into reality at once... or maybe send him to an asylum ...
I couldn't wait for this "thing" to end ... 1.5/5
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Det förflutnas skuggor
- Production company
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $31,638
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $56,211
- Mar 16, 1997
- Gross worldwide
- $31,638
- Runtime1 hour 37 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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