Max Dugan Returns (1983)

Best movie ever!

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

I remember as a kid being intrigued by the ad for this movie, with its cartoon image and its stick-in-the-head tagline ("Prices are double. Your love life's in trouble. The car won't start. Your boss has no heart. The door squeaks. The roof leaks. Your stereo just went mono. All you need is a little Max Dugan.") But the movie disappeared quickly, and it seemed to have vanished completely, since I never remember it coming on television. I was surprised that it received a DVD release, since there was nothing to indicate it had built a cult. Anyway, I decided to finally watch it.Although it's branded as a comedy, it really isn't. Yes, there is the occasional one-liner, but mostly it's a light-hearted drama. And a charming one at that. Neil Simon wrote some very likable characters, even down to the ones who show up quickly and disappear never to be seen again in the movie. The cast could not be better. Broderick in his debut performance tones it down compared to how annoying he became when he was older. Sutherland is believable as a cop who has feelings for the woman in his life yet still feels he has his duty as a cop. Robards and Mason, who have most of the focus, are also good.The movie isn't without problems - there are a few spots where the characters seem unusually dim-witted - but overall it's a sweet movie that will make you feel good at the end. Give it a try.

I love this movie,It's a small low budget film that is simply a joy to watch,the characters are great.I can't wait until Fox releases Max Dugan Returns on DVD!!!The story is not lost in a bunch of silly special effects,come to think of there no special effects at all.I you want to enjoy a bit of nostalgia see this movie.

Who saw or is ready to see comedy movie "Max Dugan Returns" should be laughing lots by funny movie written by Neil Simon. But in comedy movie we saw Neil Simon want to tell us what kind or what problem of family in their social class. How to take care and service. Happy and angry of characters when the family came together. In this movie the positives are a small family of high school teacher Nora McPhee. Every day she goes to school and takes care of her child Michael McPhee. One day, it's not a lucky day in her life, someone stole her car, and she be come trouble go to school late. This time two men come to help her, one police man to help her has a motocycle, and another big help is love, happy of family by her father returns with a lot of money to help her. But the negative, I don't believe with a short time when Mrs. McPhee is in the school, Max Dugan can't change all the furniture in the McPhee house. In the theme Neil Simon tries to tell about communication of a family. A single mother runs her family. That's not easy to do it. A father of a family left a long time ago, now returns. Be sorry with big mistake from him, and try to run and help his daughter's family. Max Dugan is a fantastic man. He comes back home when its midnight and raining outside. He tries the best he can by surprise presents to his daughter and grandson. Helps a daughter open her account by illegal money. And negatives about his performance, why a policeman finds Max Dugan, but doesn't put him go in trial. Nora McPhee is a normal teacher in high school, also a single mother who lived with her teenage son. She is an unlucky woman. McPhee was angry about her father left home long time ago but nothing to do, because anyway Max Dugan alway her father. Happy, angry of a woman with one time two problems need to revolve. The policeman comes to try to help Nora McPhee. He was spending the time taking Mrs. McPhee to dinner. He gave to her a dozen roses. Because he loved her. But a conflict of love and job he need to take her father go back trial. Michael McPhee is teenager son who lived with his mom in a small house. He was a young man doesn't have a best communicate before his grandfather return. He can't play a good baseball in school. He's so good behavior of a son in a family. At the end of the movie Michael McPhee is a man play off baseball game.The film grade is 10. Good movie, which was written by Neil Simon. The movie wants to tell about basic family in social class. It isn't easy to run family of single mother. And a man never loved his family before, now returns. In conclusion, it's a good movie. Joking movie but inside a movie wants to tell people how to love, share, and care a family with a people didn't or doesn't love family. That's Neil Simon truly tell us social class always like that. How many characters in a movie that's many kind of people near us right now. That's a good movie I never saw before.

If you watch "Max Dugan Returns," you can learn somethings. I will talk about this story which was written by Neil Simon. There were some positive and negative things. Some actors were good, but some actors were not. Neil Simon's story has a good theme. He teaches good things by comedy. But some movie is not good, because it doesn't make comedy, and he used bad words too many times. I think this story's theme is honesty. If you are honest, you can prove everything. Don't lie that can make you a bad person. So this movie teaches about honesty. Max Dugan was played by Jason Robards. He was a very good actor for he acted so real. I can feel Max Dugan's feeling by his acting. But he used too many bad words. He must fix his language. Nora McPhee was played by Marsha Mason. She was a good actress, but she was not as good as Jason Robards. When I see her, I can say she is acting. I can't feel it very well. If Mason works on her acting, she can be a good actress. I can't understand the policeman's feeling. He changes his feeling too many times. He's act to be irresolute. He needs to change it. Donald Sutherland's acting was not good. It was bad because he doesn't act like a policeman. Matthew Broderick was not bad, but he was not good, either. I can tell he is a teenager, but he doesn't have any feeling in his acting. He looks like he doesn't care about acting. This film's grade is 4. Because the actors were not perfect. It was not a good comedy. They used bad words. and students smoked on T.V. Teenagers can learn about that. So if this film changes these problems. This film can be perfect. There were good parts. but the acting was not good. Too many bad things concerned me in "Max Dugan Returns."