Grumpier Old Men (1995)


Walter Matthau          Max Goldman
Jack Lemmon             John Gustafson
Ann-Margret             Ariel Gustafson
Sophia Loren            Maria Ragetti
Burgess Meredith        Grandpa Gustafson
Daryl Hannah            Melanie Gustafson
Kevin Pollak            Jacob Goldman
Katie Sagona            Allie
Ann Morgan Guilbert     Mama
James Andelin           Sven
Marcus Klemp            Assistant Manager Eddie
Max Wright              Health Inspector
Cheryl Hawker           Lena
Wayne A. Evenson        Handsome Hans
Allison Levine          Dog Pound Assistant
John Patrick Martin     Reverend
Adam Ward               Skeleton

Directed by:            Howard Deutch
Produced by:            Gary MacPherson, Hank Gans, John Davis


Summertime has come to Wabasha, Minnesota, and mosquito-slapping in canoes has replaced shivering in 
ice shanties as the local fishing ritual. Even the decades-old battle of one-upmanship between next-door 
neighbors John Gustafson and Max Goldman has mellowed. With John happily and newly married to Ariel, Max 
is left without a sparring partner. Until the arrival of Maria Ragetti who has taken over Chuck's 
legendary bait store and has the unspeakable, sacrilegious notion to threaten the cherished fishing hole 
and its rustic way of life by converting the store into a romantic Italian ristorante. To keep that from 
happening, John and Max begin a strategic campaign of innuendo, gossip and sabotage that spreads quickly 
through town. But the pair aren't prepared for the fortitude of Maria, who has no intention of surrendering 
so easily. As she returns their volleys, insult-for-insult and prank-for-prank, not only does she threaten 
to win the war, but to win Max's heart as well.

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Things don't seem to change much in Wabasha County: Max and John are still fighting after 35 years, Grandpa 
still drinks, smokes, and chases women , and nobody's been able to catch the fabled "Catfish Hunter", a 
gigantic catfish that actually smiles at fishermen who try to snare it. Six months ago John married the new 
girl in town (Ariel), and people begin to suspect that Max might be missing something similar in his life. 
The only joy Max claims is left in his life is fishing, but that might change with the new owner of the 
bait shop.