House Calls
by Howard Zieff
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Actor: Art Carney, Candice Azzara, Glenda Jackson, Richard Benjamin, Walter MatthauDirector: Howard Zieff
Brand: Universal Studios
Producer: Alex Winitsky
Producer: Arlene Sellers
Writer: Alan Mandel
Writer: Charles Shyer
Writer: Henri-Pierre Roché
Writer: Julius J. Epstein
Writer: Max Shulman
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 98 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-05-31
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of House Calls
Movie Review: House calls for whoopee
Summary: 5 Stars
"House Calls" is a delightful romantic comedy that focuses on prevalent social issues. Walter Matthau and Glenda Jackson have a wonderful chemistry together. Art Carney plays to caricature the bumbling bureacrat and surgeon who is director of an unsuccesful hospital. Richard Benjamin, so popular in 1978 when the film was released, was charming as Matthau's foil.
Jackson and Matthau first meet when Jackson is a patient of an ancient medical practice administered by Carney's character. Matthau, a top surgeon and recent widower beset by younger social climbers seeking his attentions, rectifies the old treatment with a simple medical procedure.
They next meet as debaters on a television program. After all the chirpies, he is intrigued by a woman who is closer to his age and can think. How they get together is a hilarious scene and a natural development of a relationship, instead of his usual flowers, dinner, overnight roll in the sack, home the next morning.
The title refers, of course, to the house calls he makes to his younger dates, not in any way related to doctor visits. This film is enjoyable with a definite nod toward compatibility and marriage. According to my brother, "It's a pretty good movie," expressed with approval. Of course, I agree.
4.5 stars (Art Carney was annoying.)
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