Out Cold

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Out Cold

R

Released Mar 3, 1989

1h 31m

Comedy

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Sweet-natured Dave (John Lithgow) is having an affair with Sunny (Teri Garr), the wife of his blustery long-time partner, Ernie (Bruce McGill), with whom he owns a butcher's shop. One night after an argument, Dave knocks out Ernie and leaves him in an open meat locker. Sunny comes by and, in a fit of anger, locks Ernie in the store's freezer. When Ernie is found frozen to death, Dave think he's responsible. Meanwhile, dim-witted Detective Lester (Randy Quaid) is hot on the murderer's trail.

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Dennis Schwartz

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Offbeat understated black comedy set in San Francisco that never thaws out.

Rated: C+

Mar 8, 2019

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James N

It's a phobe. Even more than the bingo ladened 2001 catastrophe. It's slow and everyone even John Lightow and Randy Quaid are ass on. Strong phobe.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/16/23

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That movie was so bad I just kept watching in amazement that any movie could be that bad.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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Stinks from start to finish

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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With a talented cast, Out Cold is somewhat formulaic but benefits from a creative twist and solid performances by John Lithgow and Teri Garr.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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Udayalaksmanakartiyasa H

An old thriller-comedy film. This might be not enjoyable for its time. But watching this kind of movie now, this actually is enjoyable. It has some sort of feeling like Psycho, series of bizarre events. But I really like those crunchy and cliche dry comedy lines like "Is that Gerry?" while showing the meat grinder. That is just so so strong aftertaste in the back of your head.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/04/14

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This could have been much funnier, just because of the cast and story, what went wrong is the real mystery.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Malcolm Mowbray

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John Lithgow

Dave

Teri Garr

Sunny

Randy Quaid

Lester

Bruce McGill

Ernie

Lisa Blount

Phyllis

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Out Cold: Official Clip - Dumping Lester's Car

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Out Cold: Official Clip - Locked In

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Out Cold: Official Clip - Sunny Traps Dave

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Out Cold: Official Clip - Lester Questions Dave

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Out Cold: Official Clip - Lucky Accident

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Out Cold: Official Clip - Bourbon and Legal Advice

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Out Cold: Official Clip - Meatheads

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Out Cold: Official Clip - Frozen Surprise

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Out Cold: Official Clip - Close Call

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Out Cold: Official Clip - Getting Away With Murder

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Synopsis

Sweet-natured Dave (John Lithgow) is having an affair with Sunny (Teri Garr), the wife of his blustery long-time partner, Ernie (Bruce McGill), with whom he owns a butcher's shop. One night after an argument, Dave knocks out Ernie and leaves him in an open meat locker. Sunny comes by and, in a fit of anger, locks Ernie in the store's freezer. When Ernie is found frozen to death, Dave think he's responsible. Meanwhile, dim-witted Detective Lester (Randy Quaid) is hot on the murderer's trail.

Director: Malcolm Mowbray
Producer: Ron Hamady, George G. Braunstein
Screenwriter: Leonard Glasser, George Malko
Distributor: Hernadale Film Corp.
Production Co: Hemdale, Braunstein and Hamady Productions
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 3, 1989, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 5, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $201.5K
Runtime: 1h 31m
Sound Mix: Surround

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