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California Suite (1978)

California Suite (1978)

David R. George III
Compact Movie Reviews

California Suite collects four Neil Simon vignettes set in the Beverly Hills Hotel, with wildly different levels of quality. Michael Caine and Best Actress Maggie Smith shine in their entry, while the pairs of Alan Alda and Jane Fonda, and of Walter Matthau and Elaine May, are merely adequate in theirs. Meanwhile, Bill Cosby and Richard Prior are given an embarrassingly bad farce to navigate. Uneven in the extreme, and really not worth a look.

** (out of *****)

©2018 David R. George III

1978 • 103 MINUTES
COLUMBIA PICTURES • RASTAR

STARRING
• ALAN ALDA, MICHAEL CAINE, BILL COSBY, JANE FONDA, WALTER MATTHAU, ELAINE MAY, RICHARD PRYOR, MAGGIE SMITH

ALSO STARRING
• HERB EDELMAN, DENISE GALIK, GLORIA GIFFORD, SHEILA FRAZIER

WRITTEN BY
• NEIL SIMON (BASED ON HIS PLAY)

DIRECTED BY
• HERBERT ROSS

1978 ACADEMY AWARDS (1)
• BEST ACTRESS: MAGGIE SMITH

ADDITIONAL 1978 ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS (2)
• BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (LOST TO MIDNIGHT EXPRESS)
• BEST ART DIRECTION–SET DECORATION (LOST TO HEAVEN CAN WAIT)

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