Return of the Secaucus 7 Movie Review

I watched Return of the Secaucus 7 with a devotee who treasured every frame, every expression, every line of this film. I, alas, found it dull, dreary, and depressing, and its running time of 110 minutes barely endurable. In real life, I would deliberately lose an invitation to such a reunion. As a viewer, all I could think was how sad life can be, that anyone could look forward to such a gathering. A lot of thought and care and time went into Return of the Secaucus 7 and it's such a highly regarded film that it's part of the National Film Registry. Return of the Secaucus 7 is considered by many to be superior to The Big Chill (which left me equally cold). The high point of the movie was seeing what David Strathairn looked like 17 years before I watched him four times in L.A. Confidential. To each his (or her) own!

1980 110m/C Mark Arnott, Gordon Clapp, Maggie Cousineau-Arndt, David Strathairn, Adam LeFevre, Bruce MacDonald, Maggie Renzi, Jean Passanante, Karen Trott, John Sayles; D: John Sayles; W: John Sayles; C: Austin De Besche; M: Mason Daring. Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards ‘80: Best Screenplay, National Film Registry ‘97. VHS