Manthast Absolutely amazing

Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Sarita Rafferty There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

almost29 I love this movie,It's a small low budget film that is simply a joy to watch,the characters are great.I can't wait until Fox releases Max Dugan Returns on DVD!!!The story is not lost in a bunch of silly special effects,come to think of there no special effects at all.I you want to enjoy a bit of nostalgia see this movie.

paulaviljoen The "best"movie of the century, it was good and funny. Grandfather (Max Dugan) played by Jason Robards; mother (Nora McPhee) played by Marsha Mason; the teenager (Michael McPhee) played by Matthew Broderick; and the policeman (Brian Costello) played by Donald Sutherland, starring in the movie, "Max Dugan Returns." There are always a few positives and negatives in each movie, and in this one the few positives are: Max Dugan brings Nora and Michael a lot of money, buys them very expensive gifts to lets them think... Just because he came out of jail, doesn't mean he's an evil guy. He wants to make them happy. Although the policeman wants to be a friend, is he only doing his job too. The few negatives is that there's a lot of dishonesty going around. Nora's cars get stolen in one week, and she doesn't accept the gifts that were given to her by her father. I think the theme is about "honesty and dishonesty." There's not a lot of honesty in this movie. Nora and Max tell lies about him, because she doesn't want to lose her father again. They are tryig to hide his real image. "don't lie, 'cause the truth has to come out some time." Nora McPhee, was a wonderful mother and Gr.10 teacher. Before her father came back into her life, she was a single mother, because her husband had died of cancer. Then she accepts her father to come and live with them, just for a few weeks. Before that, she had a really old car, that was about to fall into pieces. Then the policeman, Brian, gave her a motorcycle to get around with, but shortly after that the bike got stolen too. Her father then suprized her with a new car. She didn't want to accept any of the gifts, because she said, she doesn't wants gifts than was bought with stolen money. The policeman, Brian Costello started to like Nora McPhee. He bought her a bike as soon as he found out that her car was stolen. Then they went out for dinner, when she dropped her handbag, he knew something was wrong. Then he saw an old man in her house, when he wanted to put the flowers he gave her in the house, because she left them in his car. Matthew Broderick was the teenager, Michael McPhee. He always had a problem with baseball. The next morning when he woke up, he saw an old man in the kitchen. He then asked his mother who the old man was and she said Mr. Parker his grandfather. Now Michael is confused over who the old man living with them really was. He accepted all the gifts that "the man" gave them, but he has to convince his mother to accept them too. Bacause he had a problem with baseball "Mr. Parker" got someone to help him.If I were a film judge, I would grade this film an eight. It's a funny movie with a theme to it. I enjoyed this movie and I also encourage everyone to watch it.

nomarelis Jason Robards is a really good actor. He made this movie that I'll be writing about " Max Dugan Returns." This movie was written by Neil Simon. This is a movie from the 1983. Most movies from the 80's are boring, but this one wasn't.This is a really funny movie. I thought that the movie was really good. Jason Robards did a really good acting. This movie makes people realize a lot of things in life. like for example believing in your family & close friends, but especially yourself. It also teaches you to accept you family & friends the way that they are not the the way that you want them to be. It aso teaches you to trust in everyone even yourself. I believe that this movie should be about family. This movie bring a family together, that haven't seen each other for lots of years. This movie shows the importance of life as a family. I think that what Max was trying to do was fair. He was trying to help his daughter and his grandson. Jason Robards did a good job as Max. He made me laugh during the movie. In the movie all he does is lie and help his family. I think that helping his daughter was really nice. I really like his acting. Nora was a good mother. The part that I didn't like much was the part when she lied and the part when she was mean to her father.She should not care were the money comes from. On the voting I gave "Max Dugan Retuns" a 9, because the policeman was getting on my nerves. He was acting like if he was married to her.If he really loved her he wouldn't of be so mean to her about her father. This is a really good movie. Jason Robards was born to do this movie. I really liked it. Even if Jason Robards is an actor, and not a musician I'm glad he got a Kennedy Center Honors.

kwooyoung If you watched this movie, then you are going to say, "That is really funny!" When I watched Neil Simon's "Max Dugan Returns," it looked like an old movie. People's hair styles, fashion and cars are all old. My teacher said this movie was made in 1983. This movie is old, but it was really interesting! I read another Neil Simon story "The Good Doctor" before watching this movie. I think Neil Simon's story has many characters. It should separate positives and negatives. I think the positives are love of family. The parent and child, love each other and they take care of other. I think the negatives are luxuries Nora's father has a lot of money. He uses that money for his daughter and grandson, but actually that was luxury. When I watched this movie, I could know about love of family. Max Dugan loves his daughter and his grandson, so he wnats to do anything for them. Nora McPhee loves her father and her son. She worried about her father and she takes cares of her son. Michael McPhee loves his grandfather and his mom He tried to understand what happened to his grandfather and his mom. I think they love each other and take care. Max Dugan is Nora's father and Michael's grandfather. I think he is a good father and grandfather. He used his money for them and he did do anything for his family. It could be positives. But he was in jail for six years and he got that money from a casino. He is good parent and grandparent, but he is a criminal anyways. It could be negatives. Nora McPhee is Michael's mom and Max's daughter. She is a daughter of father and mom of a son, but she is a teacher also. I think she is a good actress because she did do good. She did do good in her role of daughter, mom, and teacher. Brian Costello is a policeman. He loves Nora McPhee. He's supposed to arrest Max Dugan because Brian is a policeman, but loves Nora so he couldn't arrest Max. He is a policeman, but I think he didn't do in his role.Michael McPhee is the son of Nora and grandson of Max. He is a teenager and he goes to high school. I think he is good, but I saw him smoking a cigarette which is a negative habit. I am not an actress, but when he was acting, I think that his acting didn't have emotions. If I give the film a rating, I just want to give 10 points because this was funny and interesting. When I watched the last part, I was sad just a little bit and sometimes I saw bad things. For example, Nora is an English teacher, but sometimes she used bad language like cussing. But when I see the whole story, it is intersting so I could laugh. I like Neil Simon's story. When I read the other Neil Simon story, that was interesting for me.