The Big Fix

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The Big Fix

PG,

1978,

1h 48m,

Comedy/

Drama

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Misfit private investigator and single father Moses Wine (Richard Dreyfuss) is tapped by his former college flame, Lila Shay (Susan Anspach), to dig into a political smear attack on the campaign she oversees. What starts out as a seemingly run-of-the-mill attempt at dirty politics evolves into a plot involving an unsolved murder; former 1960s radical leader Howard Eppis (F. Murray Abraham), who has settled into suburban life; and a terrorist plan to explode a Los Angeles freeway.

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Jay Scott

Globe and Mail

Aug 11, 2022

As a slice of sociologically accurate life, The Big Fix is resonant, compassionate, improbable funny.

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Desmond Ryan

Philadelphia Inquirer

Sep 1, 2021

Richard Dreyfuss is never a dull actor, and he makes more of Wine and the artificial juxtapositions of "The Big Fix" than we have any right to expect.

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Stuart Emmrich

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Sep 1, 2021

The humor is often very funny, and watching Dreyfuss act even when you have seen the same bits before is usually worth the price of admission to the theater.

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

Mar 5, 2022

3/5

...with a great cast and sunny LA location shooting, The Big Fix is worth a hazy, crazy trip down memory lane.

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Malcolm L. Johnson

Hartford Courant

Sep 1, 2021

Dreyfuss' neat and low-key balancing of the comic and more poignant aspects of Wine's personality provides an engaging center for "The Big Fix" even when it threatens to become too confusing to let us keep track of its plots and counterplots.

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John Huddy

Miami Herald

Sep 1, 2021

The Big Fix is beyond repair.

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Hagrid R

Aug 20, 2017

Obscure and my favourite Dreyfuss movie. This movie is still politically relevant and ADORABLE while making a myriad of points. When Lithgow had hair.

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Jeremy Kagan

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Richard Dreyfuss

Moses Wine

Susan Anspach

Lila Shay

Bonnie Bedelia

Suzanne

John Lithgow

Sam Sebastian

Ofelia Medina

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Synopsis

Misfit private investigator and single father Moses Wine (Richard Dreyfuss) is tapped by his former college flame, Lila Shay (Susan Anspach), to dig into a political smear attack on the campaign she oversees. What starts out as a seemingly run-of-the-mill attempt at dirty politics evolves into a plot involving an unsolved murder; former 1960s radical leader Howard Eppis (F. Murray Abraham), who has settled into suburban life; and a terrorist plan to explode a Los Angeles freeway.

Director: Jeremy Kagan
Producer: Carl Borack, Richard Dreyfuss
Screenwriter: Roger L. Simon
Production Co: Universal/Universal Int
Rating: PG
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 48m

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