The Big Chill (1983)

Release date: 1983-09-30
Country: USA
Language: English
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Production Co: Columbia Pictures, Carson Productions, Delphi Films
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Rating: 7.2/10
Length: 1h 45min

Storyline

A seminal Thirty-Something movie in which a group of old college friends who are now older and experienced come together for the funeral of Alex, who was at one time the brightest and the best of them at college and yet who never managed to find his way. The friends use the occasion to reacquaint themselves with each other, discuss where their lives have led and speculate on what happened to their idealism which had been abundant when they were younger.

Plot Keywords

funeral, group of friends, reunited friends, reflection, female nudity, breasts, reunion, woman in a shower, original story, flight, telephone call, yoga, jogging, suitcase, cocaine, flight attendant, porsche, sports car, male female relationship, casket

Short Review

What might have been a meaningful exploration of the changes wrought by 20 years of abrasive reality is diverted, essentially, into who's going to wind up sleeping with whom.