Glenn Close in "Maxie" (1985)

I have to admit that I couldn’t sit through this one…

Maxi Pad

It was just...silly.

We watch it every Thanksgiving! Oh, how we laugh!

1985. Must have been a huge flop. Can't find it streaming anywhere except on youtube. DVD costs $100 on Amazon.

Looks like my kind of movie. I'll have to watch it.

[quote]She had to be embarrassed by this one, right? Even more than "Albert Nobbs."

At least ALBERT NOBBS earned her an Oscar nomination.

And another Oscar loss.

It fails to froth.

Lots of terrible film were made in 1980s, most were stupid and boring.

[quote]r8 = most were stupid and boring

Now they're absolutely Marvel-ous!

“How could such a good cast - Glenn, Mandy Patinkin, Ruth Gordon - make such a stinker?“

OP - I know you’re asking this rhetorically, but no brilliant cast can overcome a terrible script. If it ain’t on the page…

She redeemed herself pretty quickly. Jagged Edge came out a few weeks later and was a huge hit.

Maxie wasn't as bad as people on DL make it out to be. She got a Golden Globe nomination for it.

So you bitches mention Glenn, Mandy, and that old hag Ruth. What about me? I was in it, too, ya know.

[quote]She got a Golden Globe nomination for it.

Yeah, they don't just hand those out, do they?

Looked it up on Youtube. Why does it look like a TV sitcom?

I liked the book it’s based on titled “Marion’s Wall.”

Gordon's best acting starts at 2:36.

"Maxie" was supposed to launch Glenn as Hollywood's next leading lady after several acclaimed performances in supporting roles, but the movie landed with a thud. Miss Close seemed to lack the pizzazz and oomph to essay a free-spirited jazz floozy, and as mild-mannered Jan, she seemed self-conscious and deliberate in her acting choices.

The movie was based on the novel Marion's Wall (1973), which Paramount Pictures had optioned the rights to, with the intention of casting Liza Minnelli in the title role, but the project never materialized. I could definitely see Liza in this role.

HBO used to show it constantly back in the day along with Jagged Edge.

I am not Meryl but that backless dress isn’t doing her no favors….

That film must have been made back when they didn't pressure actresses to be stick thin. Glenn looks so healthy and bouncing in her tablecloth there.

It does have a sitcom or TV movie feel about it. Enjoyed the 1985 San Francisco street scenes. That's about it.

R16 Glenn's attempt to sound like a 1920s talkin' picture actress is cringe-worthy.

"Powdah?" Oh, come on, Glenn.

Has anyone seen Glenn in the TV movie “Something About Amelia” where she discovers that her husband (Ted Danson) has been raping their older daughter?

Ruth Gordon died one month before the movie premiered. At least she was spared from seeing this one flopping so badly.

She’s a triple threat, just like me!

R23 and if I recall correctly she sticks by Ted and keeps the family together. I saw this as a young teen and can still recall the queasy feeling it gave me.

I enjoyed this movie immensely. I bought a DVD copy from a guy who ripped VHS tapes and made pretty high-quality DVDs from them.

Guess I'm the only one that liked it

I saw this in the cinema on a trip to New York. The thing I most remember are the creases on Mandy's face. He looked better with a beard.

She was kind of stuffed into that curtain she was wearing...pig.

His ass was virtually creaseless in "Yentl."

This was turned into a West End musical called "Maddie." It flopped big but did get a cast album and a book about "the making of."

Hey I got a kitchen remodel on my country home so it wasn't all for naught.

1985, huh?

Ah, yes. I remember it well. That was the year I starred in Best Picture winner "Out of Africa," receiving my sixth Oscar nomination.

Leeza Gibbons cameo?