- Actors: Burt Reynolds, Jill Clayburgh, Candice Bergen, Charles Durning, Frances Sternhagen
- Directors: Alan J. Pakula
- Writers: James L. Brooks, Dan Wakefield
- Producers: Alan J. Pakula, Douglas Wick, Isabel Halliburton, James L. Brooks
- Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
- Language: English
- Subtitles: English
- Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
- Number of discs: 1
- MPAA Rating:
- Studio: Paramount
- Release Date: Jun 21 2005
- Run Time: 105 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B0008KLVBY
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank:
#8,331 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)
- #8 in DVD > Comedy > Comedy Directors > James L. Brooks
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Until Boogie Nights, this film had stood for almost two decades as the best performance Burt Reynolds had ever given. In a criminal oversight, he was denied an Oscar nomination, perhaps because it came in the middle of his action-movie winning streak. Directed by Alan Pakula from a script by James L. Brooks, the film cast Reynolds as a newly divorced man struggling to cope with single life in the city. But a blind date (initially misconstrued by the woman as a mugging) leads to renewed hope in romance when he and his new lady friend (Jill Clayburgh) actually seem right for each other. But before he can make a commitment, his flighty ex-wife (Candice Bergen) bounces back into his life to make him miserable all over again with her flirtatious indecisiveness. Wonderfully acted and observed; a highpoint is Bergen's attempt (as the world's least talented singer-songwriter) to seduce Reynolds with one of her off-key tunes. --Marshall Fine
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STARTING OVER
Genre: Comedy
Rating: R
Release Date: 0000-00-00
Media Type: DVD
SKU:GMDB2236777
Genre: Comedy
Rating: R
Release Date: 0000-00-00
Media Type: DVD
SKU:GMDB2236777
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4.0 out of 5 stars
The Softer Side of Burt,
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This review is from: Starting Over (DVD)
The cleverly written script, focusing on the dating/relationship struggles of a recent divorcee, receives its just rewards in the hands of the main actors: Burt Reynolds, Jill Clayburgh and Candice Bergen. As a result, the audience is treated to a romantic comedy well worth watching!Don't let the date of production scare you from this timeless gem which provided me with more than a few laughs. It was money well spent. While Jill Clayburgh and Candice Bergen certainly deserved their Academy Award nominations for this film, I must agree with other critics who are surpised that Burt Reynolds was not similarly recognized for his wonderful performance.
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best teaching guide of relationship therapy ever on film,
By JM Prater (Grayson, Ky. USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Starting Over (VHS Tape)
As a marital therapist I recommended this film to many couples struggling with their own issues throughout my professional career. Burt Reynolds, in one of the best black comedies ever filmed, hit a high in his career. I have seen him with new appreciation for his tremendous talent as an actor and for the 1st time as a comedian of unequalled talent. He is so believable, as a beloved but very bewildered newly separated male thrown into the dating world, with all the emotional baggage that accompanies everyone who's been there before. He was so pitifully vunerable, experiencing loneliness, regrets, second thoughts, and misery in the ever changing single world around him. As true today as throughout the past 30 years. This film is as meaningful today as it's ever been. It remains the same emotional roller coaster today, leaving me emotionally drained every time I see it, yet, again and again.... Through this film, I've become one of his most admiring fans....
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Delight,
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This review is from: Starting Over (VHS Tape)
This movie is an absolute delight and one of the most welcome pleasant surprises I've witnessed in watching films. Burt Reynolds gives the best performance of his career (the fact that he didn't receive an Oscar nomination is dissapointing)as the newly divorced man trying to find his way. The fact that he's still hung up on his wife doesn't help matters. Jill Clayburgh is great as Burt's new woman, and Candace Bergen is a hoot as his ex wife. Other wonderful performances by Charles Durning and Austin Pendleton, make this film worth seeing. So many romantic comedies get it wrong, but this charmer of a film continues to hold up 25 years after it's initial release.
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