Roommates Movie Review 1995

Rocky Holeczek (Falk) is a cantankerous coot who, at age 75, decides to care for orphaned seven-year-old grandson Michael. Over the 30 years they are together, they fight over Rocky's old school ways and a grown-up Michael's (Sweeney) attempt to have a family of his own. But despite their bickering, Michael soon realizes that his 107-years-old grandfather's words are truly pearls of wisdom when faced with tragedy. Film hits the right sentimental buttons without going overboard with the tissues and Falk's performance, underneath the layers of latex make-up, is charmingly irascible. Based on co-writer Apple's own grandfather.

Distribution

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521-1120, Toll-free: 800-723-4763, URL: http://www.bvhe.com

Available on VHS
Running time 108 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Comedy Drama, Family Ties, Growing Older, Funerals, Doctors & Nurses, Wedding Bells, Buddies, Pittsburgh, Campus Capers

Screenplay

Max Apple, Stephen Metcalfe

Cast

Peter Falk, D.B. Sweeney, Julianne Moore, Ellen Burstyn

Cinematography

Mike Southon

Director

Peter Yates

Music

Elmer Bernstein

Producer

Ted Field, Scott Kroopf, Robert W. Cort, Adam Leipzip, Ira Halberstadt, Interscope Comm., Polygram, Buena Vista