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The People Next Door

1970

Action / Drama

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Cloris Leachman Photo
Cloris Leachman as Tina Hoffman
Rue McClanahan Photo
Rue McClanahan as Della
Steven McChattie Photo
Steven McChattie as Artie Mason
Eli Wallach Photo
Eli Wallach as Arthur Mason
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English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 34 min
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1.57 GB
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English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 34 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Red-Barracuda7 / 10

Great poster and pretty good movie

Don't judge a book by its cover, or so the saying goes. Bloody good advice to tell you the truth! Is the same principle advised for movies? Well yes to some degree but much less so. After all, its only gonna take 90mins of your time to watch a movie. So what, right? Today's film is one I watched on account of its poster which I found in an exploitation movie art book, it depicted a somewhat haunting image of a white silhouette of a girl grabbing onto a tree in the dead of night; a distorted image that suggests something is not quite right. So, an eye-grabbing and odd poster, what about the film? Its about a dysfunctional family who experience serious problems when the teenage daughter develops a serious drug problem. Its an effective addiction drama, with a nice cast which includes Eli Wallach as the father. It does have melodramatic tendencies which anti-drug movies often have but that's okay in this case, as its never less than involving. So, a big yay to movie poster art - it makes you check out movies you never otherwise would.

Reviewed by JasparLamarCrabb8 / 10

A Family Under the Influence

Alternately grim and funny expose of the "average" American family circa 1970. Eli Wallach & Julie Harris find out their darling teenage daughter is on drugs and their would-be rock star son knows way more about LSD than he should. Chaos ensues, doctors are consulted, and the neighbors prove to be as unhelpful as possible. Although Wallach's anger comes across as a bit grating, the performances are largely first-rate. Harris is excellent and the supporting cast includes Cloris Leachman, Rue McClanahan and Hal Holbrook.

Reviewed by BandSAboutMovies6 / 10

Drug movie

David Greene was behind a lot of my favorite TV movies, like Roots; Rich Man, Poor Man; Madame Sin and the remake of Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? He also made I Start Counting and The Shuttered Room.

Arthur and Gerrie Mason (Eli Wallach and Julie Harris) realize that their marriage isn't perfect and struggle to fix it as their daughter Maxie fights drug addiction. Arthur catches her in bed with a biker, high on cocaine, and immediately believes that his rock star son Artie (Stephen McHattie) who gave her the drugs, but it turns out that its the nerd next door.

Roger Ebert said that The People Next Door was "the best movie so far about parents, kids and drugs, and probably the best we're likely to get (considering Hollywood's recent tendency to exploit the drug culture for "youth movies")."

This has a decent cast, with Hal Holbrook, Cloris Leachman and Rue McClanahan all showing up, along with Rutanya Alda as a nurse.

It didn't make me want to stop doing drugs, but your viewing may change your habits.

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