Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780792177531
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792177533
Label: Paramount Pictures
Manufacturer: Paramount Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount Pictures
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 11, 2001
Running Time: 117 minutes
Sales Rank: 20960
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: October 11, 1991
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Garry Marshall (Pretty Woman) directs the screen adaptation of Terence McNally's play Frankie and Johnny at the Clair de Lune, the story of a short-order cook (Al Pacino) who drives a waitress (Michelle Pfeiffer) crazy with his adamant courtship and mixed messages. The film is okay and not much more than that, the major stumbling block being Marshall's failure to scrub away enough star veneer on Pacino and Pfeiffer to accept them as minimum-wage drones with nowhere to go but toward each other. Fortunately, Marshall's feel for the texture offered by supporting players--Hector Elizondo as a café owner, Nathan Lane as Pfeiffer's inevitably gay neighbor-buddy, Kate Nelligan as another lonely waitress--keeps things interesting enough. --Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - If you enjoy listening to Debussy ...
I absolutely love watching this movie even tough it has some painful moments. The story line is believable and the chemistry between Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer is simply fantastic with their love making a real turn on. Even the restaurant scenes make me hungry. And how can you not enjoy Nathan Lane?
Rating: - One of my favorite movies!
This is a great, and I think, realistic love story. It's about taking a chance on another person, and on another relationship after you've been hurt by someone else - or just by life in general. It's about taking emotional chances and "allowing" yourself to fall in love.
This film was very well acted by two of my favorite actors. It's mostly drama with just enough comedy to reach the perfect balance. I could watch it over and over!
Rating: - I love Garry Marshall's films.
Frankie and Johnny starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Al Pacino is a sweet, emotional, and honest film about trust, finding and accepting love. Pfeiffer is perfectly cast as a lonely and introverted Frankie, she is a waitress and against her wishes she falls for an ex-jail bird named Johnny, who is now a short-order cook where she works. Frankie is afraid of being in a real relationship due to past events, but slowly and surely, Johnny tries to heal her from previous wounds. Their chemistry is spot-on and Garry Marshall always directs the perfect movie. I love, love, love this bittersweet comedy/drama. I highly recommend checking this under-rated gem out. Happy viewing!
Rating:  - as requested
Golly, why all the reviews, if something goes wrong I will let you know. Good Movie
Rating: - PACINO AND PFEIFFER ARE GREAT TOGETHER!
This is an excellent romantic/drama/with a dash of comedy and I don't think Pacino has ever played a role he was more likable in. Pfeiffer plays her part as an emotionally withdrawn waitress perfectly. Nathan Lane is perfectly cast as her "gay friend"(not that there's anything wrong with that)who lives next door in her apartment building. A wonderful film with a great cast!
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