Hotel New Hampshire 1984
- Director: Tony Richardson
- Seen by this director: Tom Jones, The Loneliness of a Long-Distance Runner, A Taste of Honey
- Based on the book by John Irving
- Cast: Rob Lowe, Jodie Foster, Beau Bridges, Paul McCrane, Jennie Dundas, Lisa Banes, Seth Green (he was too young, I didn’t recognise him, but I like him so much as Oz that he’s included here), Nastassja Kinski
- Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
- Rob Lowe – The Invention of Lying, Contact
- Jodie Foster – Elysium, Panic Room, Anna and the King, Nell, Sommersby, Little Man Tate, The Silence of the Lambs, The Accused, Taxi Driver, Alice Doesn’t Live Here Any More
- Beau Bridges – The Mountain Between Us, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Norma Rae
- Paul McCrane – Shawshank Redemption, Robo Cop
- Seth Green – Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Nastassja Kinski – Tess
- Why? The author. Decent cast
- Seen: 9 December 2021
A family buys an old boarding school and
turns it into a hotel. I think it’s supposed to be a comedy, even though there’s
tragedy in it, but it’s neither funny nor sad.
It’s pointless and unpleasant. It must be admitted that we fast-forwarded through some of it. What a waste of this cast.
1 * of 5.
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