Bergorks If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

Lollivan It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Murphy Howard I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

spencer-w-hensley Just another piece of evidence that director Garry Marshall was best at doing romantic comedies over anything else. I was really looking forward to watching this film because I loved Marshall's "Pretty Woman", and I mean no disrespect to him especially with his recent passing but I have always felt his sister Penny is a much better filmmaker and this film is certainly proof of that. There are definitely some funny moments and the film starts off great, then goes totally flat and one-dimensional after the main focus of the plot is established. The problem here isn't the performances. Tom Hanks and Jackie Glaeason are both wonderful and do keep the movie at least watchable. It was also nice to see Eva Marie Saint (Hitchcock's "North by Northwest") in one of her later roles, in spite of being given very little to do, and there's also some good music, particularly the opening song by Christopher Cross. Hector Elizando a Garry Marshall regular also gives a good supporting performance. But once the story is set in motion and the problem between Gleason and Saint as Hanks' parents is established, the film becomes a slow, predictable and clichéd outing. It then tries to balance comedy with drama, and eventually just focuses more on being a drama, especially towards the end, but the predictability and slow- pacing of it all does the movie no justice, and it begins to slip into a point of desperation to be a feel-good, moving film. The stars can't be faulted. They still give great performances. Marshall can't be faulted. Even though he wasn't as strong a director as his sister he was still a decent one at the least. The problem lies solely with the story. This is a story with very little to offer in the way of genuine entertainment. We have seen this story done many times before and certainly since, and better at that. That's why the movie eventually becomes painfully slow, and predictable long before it is over and were it not for Hanks, Gleason Saint and Elizando's strong performances, the movie would indeed be unwatchable. Because of the strong performances it is mediocre at best and forgettable at worst. It would have been great to see all these stars and the director do a movie with a more engaging story. It almost seems like Marshall knew there was only so much he could do here, and depended on his actors to carry the weight. The result is an uneven movie, that really becomes more frustrating as it goes along and you wish it would just end already well before the two hour mark. Fortunately Marshall redeemed himself with romantic comedies like "Overboard" and "Pretty Woman", both undeniably better films suited for his directing style. It would only be two years later where Hanks would start to have that perfect balance between comedy and drama in "Big" interestingly enough directed by Garry's sister Penny. This might be a must see for die-hard fans of Gleason, whose final film performance this was as he died the following year. For everyone else though this is an uninteresting, non-original story and Hanks and Marshall proved later in their careers they were capable of making much better movies. On a side note, one other merit was seeing Dan Castalenetta (the voice of Homer Simpson), in a brief role as one of Hanks' advertising colleagues. Overall though the few merits of this movie don't make up for it's many flaws, which is a shame because the stars and director definitely deserved better, especially Gleason for a final film role.

TxMike This movie was directed by Garry Marshall, who also gave us such classics and "Pretty Woman" and "Princess Diaries." It is a Garry Marshall type of movie.Tom Hanks was in his late 20s here as he plays David Basner, a very creative advertising guy who is popular with his employees and with the girls. But his life is thrown out of kilter when his parents of 36 years announce they are splitting up.Already near 70, Jackie Gleason is his dad, Max Basner, an old type salesman who brings samples to stores and takes their orders. But his time seems past and he is struggling to keep a job. Of note he died in 1987, the year after this movie was released. I remember him mostly in his comic roles in his old TV show I grew up on, but he was also a fine dramatic actor.Mom is played by still beautiful Eva Marie Saint (of 'On the Waterfront' fame) as Lorraine Basner. She married Max young, knew of his affairs, and finally after all those years is breaking off on her own.My friend Barry Corbin (we met shooting a movie in 1998 in Houston) has a good role as Andrew Woolridge, owner of an airline, looking to David and his company to develop a new advertising campaign.All-in-all a fairly typical movie for the 1980s, it is mainly enjoyable for the actors, the story itself is not particularly unique.

Britwebber I finally got around to watching this movie on Netflix last night and was pleasantly surprised. I am a Tom Hanks fan and usually love all of his works but of course he's had a few that wasn't what I'd call spectacular acting or anything.But I watched Nothing in Common last night and really loved it. I wouldn't say it was his best, nor would it be one of my favorite movies, but I'd certainly watch it again. I thought every one did a great job and the characters were done very well. The storyline was great, it's such a common theme in today's world. I know many couples who got divorced in their 50's and 60's after many years of marriage and it does take a toll on the whole family. "Kids" who are now in their 30's often take for granted their parents are still together and don't even pay attention to the fact that things could not be going so smoothly. Anyways, it's a modern day theme still today and I thought the emotions shown in this movie were spot on.The only complaint I have was the cheesy '80's music that would start playing during a pivotal moment and I felt it sort of "ruined" it but I was able to get past that and realize what a fantastic movie this was. Definitely an important moment in Tom Hank's career that, I think, is often by passed.

Mike Russell This movie had every reason in the world to be a major hit. I, for one, was extremely disappointed. The main problem is that is was difficult for me to like either character. Max (Gleason) was just a mean, nasty old goat, and David (Hanks) was so obnoxious and self-absorbed it was unreal. And this business of him being such a major stud, (First he beds down a stewardess he meets, then later while he's working on the airline account, he manages to nail the owner's daughter, played by Sela Ward.) I'm sorry, I just ain't buyin' it. The only likable one in the film is the mother (Eva Marie Saint), but she appears only sporadically, and she isn't the focus of the plot. I eventually became a Tom Hanks fan after films like "Philadelphia" and "Forrest Gump," but for several years I was leery of anything with him in it, because of this film.