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Now and Then

New Line Cinema

United States of America

English

Christina Ricci

Rosie O'Donnell

Thora Birch

Melanie Griffith

Gaby Hoffmann

Demi Moore

Ashleigh Aston Moore

Rita Wilson

Devon Sawa

Walter Sparrow

Cloris Leachman

Lolita Davidovich

Janeane Garofalo

Hank Azaria

Bonnie Hunt

Rumer Willis

Bradley Coryell

Justin Humphrey

Travis Robertson

James Wilson Keane

Ric Reitz

Kellen Crosby

Joey Stinson

James Paul Cleckler

Tucker Stone

Jamison B. Dowd

Beverly Shelton

Geoff McKnight

T.S. Morgan

Carl Espy

Alice Tew

Brendan Fraser

Rand Courtney

Brandon Kleyla

Haviland Stillwell

Dave Thompson

Lesli Linka Glatter

Cliff Eidelman

Jennifer Todd

Ueli Steiger

Jacqueline Cambas

Suzanne Todd

Jennifer Lamb

Alan D'Angerio

Francesca Paris

Deena Appel

Kylie Bell

Shelly Hutchins

Anne Kuljian

Gershon Ginsburg

I. Marlene King

Kelly Jefferson

Stacey K. Black

Leslie Ann Anderson

Wendy Bell

Deborah K. Larsen

Eric McLeod

Ronnie Specter

Malachi Pearson

Filipe Manuel Neto

**A film with some charm and lack of originality, but which works well as a family film, and which deserves to be brought back from oblivion.**

This production from the 90s, currently somewhat forgotten, is another film without any bones that we can watch with our grandmothers and our children by our side, and which deserves to be revisited and cherished. I can understand why it fell into the deepest forgotten films: it's not a remarkable production, it's not one of those films that leaves a mark on us for life. However, it does its job impeccably.

The story is quite nice, even if it has nothing original: four friends meet again many years after having separated to pursue their lives, and the bond of friendship that has united them since childhood is reinforced by the reunion, full of nostalgia and good memories. There are lots of films about situations like this, and with similar themes, this is not new, but it is well done.

The film has four good adult actresses (Demi Moore, Rita Wilson, Rosie O'Donnell and Melanie Griffith) and four promising ones (Christina Ricci, Thora Birch, Gaby Hoffmann and Ashleigh Aston Moore), since the four main characters are played today and at puberty, twenty years earlier. This is very interesting, but the truth is that there are not even similarities between the young actresses and their adult counterparts: the most blatant case is the character Roberta, where I really don't see any physiognomic similarity between Ricci and O'Donnell. Of course, people change… but not radically. If we forget this uncomfortable detail, the work of the eight protagonists is quite good, and each one has time and opportunities to show what they are worth.

On a technical level, the film is strictly nothing special. The recreation of the 1970s fails because it is not very evident, that is, there are no elements, in the sets or props on stage, that help us understand the era in which the action takes place. The setting has a certain charm and good taste (I especially liked the gas lamps), and the tree house is very beautiful, as are the filming locations and cinematography. But that's it.

Ashleigh Moore "Now and Then" 10/1/95 - Bobbie Wygant Archive

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