Movie Description It's Christmas Eve at Lifelines, a Venice Beach suicide hotline. Philip (Steve Martin), the manager, has just been informed by the landlord that the they are being evicted and suddenly business around the office seems as crazy as the callers who are clogging the lines! Over one night, the offbeat characters around the office and in the neighborhood--from timid Catherine (Rita Wilson), to rapping Mrs. Munchnik (Madeline Kahn), to pregnant Grace (Juliette Lewis), to cross-dressing Chris (Liev Schrieber)--will all learn that Christmas can be a happy time regardless of your mental state. Director Nora Ephron (SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE) co-scripted this quirky holiday comedy with sister Delia.
| Credits | | Cast: | Adam Sandler, Anthony LaPaglia, Madeline Kahn, Parker Posey, Rob Reiner, Robert Klein |
| Details | | Edition: | Closed Captioned | | Sound: | HiFi Sound, Stereo Sound, Surround Sound |
Notes Color by Technicolor.
Based on the French film, "Le Pere Noel est une ordure."
Copyright 1994 TriStar Pictures, Inc.
Editorial Reviews "Mixed Nuts" had a lot of promise: a script by Nora (When Harry Met Sally) Ephron and a cast that includes Steve Martin, Gary Shandling, Alan King, Robert Klein, Adam Sandler and Madelein Kahn; but something went wrong. This bleak comedy about a suicide prevention center on Christmas Eve is just too dark to be given the warm, zany family-film treatment. Based on a French film, this script needed the gritty edge of an independent film with a cast of weirdo unknowns to pull it off. Instead it seems like Scrooge in a Santa suit. VideoLog by Muze - Casey Fahy
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