The Big Chill (Criterion Collection) (Blu-ray) 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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  • 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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Starring , , , , , , &
Directed by
Edited by
Screenwriting by &
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Entertainment Reviews:

Fresh68%

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Total Count: 37

Upright77%

AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 22,259
...It's an anthropological soap opera that casts a hushed, elegant spell...
Entertainment Weekly
Oct 3, 1997
Rating: B -- An irresistibly satisfying cultural artifact. Full Review
Entertainment Weekly
May 5, 2008
A funny, sad, warm-hearted story about real people who passed sorrowfully into the '80s from the '60s. Full Review
Sojourner
Aug 20, 2019
Included in The New York Times 10 BEST FILMS OF 1983
New York Times
Dec 25, 1983
An always entertaining and perceptive film that hardly ever lapses into sentimentality. Full Review
Film4
May 5, 2008
...All of [the actors] are given opportunities to shine, and all rise to the occasion with seeming effortlessness...
Variety
Sep 7, 1983
It's perceptive, affectionate and often very funny. Full Review
Time Out
Feb 9, 2006

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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