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Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

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Max Dugan Returns is one of the funniest movies I have ever seen. I have probably seen it at least 25 times. The development of the relationships between Max and his daughter and grandson are a treasure to watch. Everything keeps turning so quickly. The struggle for Nora and Michael having so little, then here comes Max overwhelming them over and over again with his giving to them. The baseball thing with Charlie Lau is priceless. Nora looking for the motorcycle in the parking lot and then explaining to Michael that she tied the chain. That was Neil Simon writing at its best.

"Max Dugan Returns", written by Neil Simon, was one of the best and most interesting films I've seen. It's about a family of two: Nora the mother and Michael, the son. The father of Nora returns fo live the time that his doctor gave him until death. Find out the surprises they had when her father returned. The sad part of the story is that Nora's father Max left her when she was little. Max never called her or saw her since he left. A good thing happened when Max came to live with them, but did he stay long enough?The theme Neil Simon is trying to bring out is honesty. The Policeman was looking for Max. He had to lie about everything. It was obviuos he lied. It did not last long because the truth had come out. Jason Robards played as Max. He is a great actor at his age. The part I like most is when he first came. It was scary, but I like it.Nora McPhee was played by Norah Mason. What I like about her is that she took good care of her son. The two were closed even tho were poor. A negative about her is when he first came, she worried a lot. Brian went out with her and he knew something was happening in her home.The Policeman, Brian Castella was the biggest Max had conflict. Brian helped Nora and gave them a motorcycle for transportation. Once Nora acted strange Brian went in to their house and saw Max. Find out what happened next! Michael was a nice guy. I think he is just like the average person. Even if he tried his best at plying his sport he did not give up. He was excited when he saw the things Max did. I would give this movie and eight. It was not boring. The whole time something new and excited happend. Everything happened the way you did not expect. One thing I like is what Nora learned from the two girls that cheated at school. I recommend this movie for other people to see. I believe that kids will love this movie as well as their parents. The actors were great. The movie had bad words but it was excellent.

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.

Have you seen "Max Dugan Returns"? I did and I liked it. Even though it is an old movie to me it seems pretty funny. I love funny movies. So I think that if you should see it because I'm sure that you'll like it. I mean, who would not like to see a movie written by Neil Simon?The movie was interesting most of the time. It was hilarious how Nora McPhee got her cars stolen. Every time that Marsha Mason, who played Nora McPhee, opens her mouth you could say that there is something funny coming. But like all the movies there were some good and bad things. One of them was that I didn't like the way Donald Sutherland, the policeman, was so demanding and always putting so much pressure on Nora McPhee.There was an honesty problem in the movie. Since Max Dugan, who was played by Jason Robards, came back to his daughter's house he said that he was her father's friend, which it is not true. Another thing is that he said that he was going to stop giving them stuff but he didn't stop and kept buying presents for them.Jason Robards, a 1999 Kennedy Center Honoree, played Max Dugan in this movie. He did a good job. He performed like if he was doing all that in real life. It was a good performance. He knew how to work the cigar in his mouth. There is nothing I have to complain about except the fact that he did some illegal things to make her daughter and his grandson happy.Marsha Mason was great. Marsha as Nora ws very funny and the fact that she had bad luck during throughout the movie it makes her to be a better character. She acts like a good, caring and loving mother. Always working hard to survive.Donald Sutherland came into Nora's life to change everything that could happen in her future. He changes her life in good and bad things. More bad things than good ones. The only good one was that he gave her his love, his very sincere love.In a score of 1- 10 I give this movie an 8 because it made me laugh and I really would like to see it again. It was pretty good to be an old movie. I usually don't like old movies.If you haven't seen it I hope that you'll rent it. That's about it, "Max Dugan Returns".