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Maxie

Play trailer Poster for Maxie PG,  1985,  1h 30m,  Fantasy Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 0% 9 Reviews Tomatometer 27% 500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
0% Tomatometer 9 Reviews 27% Popcornmeter 500+ Ratings
A San Francisco librarian's (Mandy Patinkin) wife (Glenn Close) shares her body with the ghost of a Roaring '20s flapper.

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Nigel Andrews Financial Times May 13, 2020
A dire little comedy. Go to Full Review
Paul Attanasio Washington Post Jan 3, 2018
It is, in short, the kind of movie where the director is always cutting to reaction shots of a basset hound: 'nuff said. Go to Full Review
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Jan 1, 2000
0.5/4
Maxie does as little with its original inspiration as is humanly possible. Go to Full Review
Michael Lasky Bay Area Reporter Apr 30, 2020
The problem is the excessively cute script which is riddled with [too] many coy posings and silly set ups. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jun 29, 2005
1/5
Mark R. Leeper rec.arts.movies.reviews Nov 3, 2004
2/5
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Cast & Crew

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Paul Aaron

Director

Glenn Close

Jan

Mandy Patinkin

Nick

Ruth Gordon

Mrs. Lavin

Barnard Hughes

Bishop Campbell

Valerie Curtin

Miss Sheffer

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Maxie

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Movie Info

Synopsis A San Francisco librarian's (Mandy Patinkin) wife (Glenn Close) shares her body with the ghost of a Roaring '20s flapper.
Director
Paul Aaron
Producer
Carter DeHaven
Screenwriter
Patricia Resnick
Rating
PG
Genre
Fantasy
Original Language
English
Box Office (Gross USA)
$2.6M
Runtime
1h 30m
Sound Mix
Stereo, Surround
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