The Big Chill (Criterion Collection) (2-DVD) R

The story of eight old friends searching for something they lost, and finding that all they needed was each other.
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DVD Details

  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Rated: R
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 45 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: July 29, 2014
  • Originally Released: 1983
  • Label: Criterion Collection

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Entertainment Reviews:

Fresh68%

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Upright77%

AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 22,259
...The then fresh-faced Kevin Kline, William Hurt and Glenn Close excel as erstwhile '60s radicals, reunited in the '80s...
Total Film
Jul 1, 2003
Characters are generally middle-of-the-roaders, and pic lacks a tough-minded spokesman who might bring them all up short for a moment. Full Review
Variety
May 5, 2008
It establishes a very interesting union between reality and fiction, between past and present, between errors and their correction. [Full Review in Spanish] Full Review
Espinof
Sep 4, 2019
An always entertaining and perceptive film that hardly ever lapses into sentimentality. Full Review
Film4
May 5, 2008
...[A] sweet, sharp, melancholy new comedy....The performances represent ensemble playing of an order Hollywood films seldom have time for...
New York Times
Sep 23, 1983
It's perceptive, affectionate and often very funny. Full Review
Time Out
Feb 9, 2006
There is no place for depth or nuance in this slickly engineered complacency machine. Full Review
Chicago Reader
May 5, 2008

Product Description:

Seven members of a close-knit college group of friends are reunited fifteen years later after the eighth commits suicide. The funeral and reception lead to an extended weekend for all as they decide to spend time together pondering the recent events. Amidst a barrage of Motown classics, the members each offer little tidbits about their current lives while reminiscing about the past. In college, the absent and recently deceased Alex was the biggest and brightest star of the bunch but never seemed to get anywhere after being set loose in the real world. The slow acknowledgement that their champion never materialized leads the group in ever widening circles of thought. Discussions of their past lives and current bring about the realization that each has changed so much while remaining remarkably similar. Despite the tragic circumstances, the group disperses with renewed friendships and a newfound appreciation for life.

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  • Sales Rank: 64,736
  • UPC: 715515152112
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