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Play trailer Poster for More American Graffiti PG Released Aug 3, 1979 1h 51m Comedy Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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This sequel to the nostalgic film by George Lucas revisits characters from the earlier movie, most notably nice guy Steve Bolander (Ron Howard), who has gone on to marry his sweetheart, Laurie (Cindy Williams). Also featured is car enthusiast John Milner (Paul Le Mat), who has moved into a career on the drag-racing circuit. As the characters deal with personal matters, major social issues such as the Vietnam War and the peace movement also factor into their lives.
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Dale Pollock Variety While dazzling to the eye, the flirtation with split-screen, anamorphic, 16mm and 1:85 screen sizes does not justify itself in terms of the film's content. Mar 26, 2009 Full Review Nell Minow Movie Mom Rated: 3/5 Jul 29, 2003 Full Review Jeffrey Westhoff Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) Rated: 2/5 Apr 4, 2006 Full Review Christopher Null Filmcritic.com Rated: 2/5 Aug 23, 2005 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Jun 26, 2005 Full Review Scott Weinberg eFilmCritic.com Hate to make the obvious snark, but sometimes "More" is less. Rated: 2/5 Apr 3, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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thiago s Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são mais ou menos, o elenco é mais ou menos, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, a história é fraca, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 03/24/25 Full Review Garr V I liked this movie! I thought it was fun! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 09/19/24 Full Review Mike P This is not good movie, (by a long shot). But it is fun seeing all these big stars in action again. Instead of showing us one long graduation night; like part 1 did; this gives us a handful of New Years celebrations between 62 and 67... And it's great to see all of them...Especially Ron Howard and Cindy Williams, playing a married couple, at the height of their Happy Days fame; (Shirley + Richie!!)...And Mackenzie Phillips taking a break from One Day At a Time... All grown up now, and confronting her former wingman, Paul Le Mat...(And this chapter also includes people like Scott Glenn, Roseanna Arquette and Mary Kay Place, which is awesome!!) And Candy Clark as a rabblerousing Debbie has a little more to do this time around... That said, the fact that this movie is as aimless and plotless as it is, just brings out one of the dark sides of the original: That it was really just an elaborate improv, that turned out awesome by accident... And lightning almost never strikes twice in situations like this...They should have probably quit while they were ahead...The Vietnam scenes also really bothered me...Charles Martin Smith's "Toad" character; tripping all over himself all the time, with all this inappropriate MASH-type Hogans Heroes-slapstick...And the tone is all wrong, and it's little insulting...Like disrespectful to the whole serious subject...And the Vietnam scenes are also weirdly dark and fuzzy; to a freaky degree, even for a 70s movie... The movie overall feels like this is trying to be another "Nashville" or something.. Like another amazing, envelope pushing character mosaic...And yet it falls short...Because it keeps tiptoeing up to serious issues, and then backing away...Altman would have handled the tragicomedy more deftly; and he wouldn't have been so afraid to go dark and tragic...This should have been stunning and chaotic and poignant and hilarious...But instead it comes across as dumb and meandering...And in the end it's really just much ado about nothing...An oppprtunity wasted...So...It's not a good movie...But it is a fun curio. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/24/24 Full Review Rami A An underwhelming sequel. I can only conclude that George Lucas had little to no participation in this, which is why the film did not go well. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 11/19/23 Full Review Steve D Fails to do justice to any of its characters. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Fails to gain any special momentum after its well-baked predecessor (not terrible either). Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis This sequel to the nostalgic film by George Lucas revisits characters from the earlier movie, most notably nice guy Steve Bolander (Ron Howard), who has gone on to marry his sweetheart, Laurie (Cindy Williams). Also featured is car enthusiast John Milner (Paul Le Mat), who has moved into a career on the drag-racing circuit. As the characters deal with personal matters, major social issues such as the Vietnam War and the peace movement also factor into their lives.
Director
Bill Norton
Producer
Howard G. Kazanjian
Screenwriter
Bill Norton
Distributor
Universal Pictures
Production Co
Universal Pictures
Rating
PG
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 3, 1979, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
May 7, 2015
Runtime
1h 51m
Sound Mix
Surround
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