Returning Mickey Stern

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Returning Mickey Stern

PG-13

2003

1h 31m

Romance

Comedy

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13 Reviews

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

A man (Joseph Bologna) thinks his younger self has come back to life, as well as his true love from 50 years earlier.

Frank Scheck

Hollywood Reporter

A would-be magical romantic comedy whose execution doesn't live up to the cleverness of its central conceit.

May 7, 2003

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Jan Stuart

Newsday

High shtick content: Enter these waters at your own risk.

Rated: 1.5/4

Apr 25, 2003

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Megan Lehmann

New York Post

Returning Mickey Stern barely gets off first base, although the quaint Fire Island setting makes it easy on the eye.

Rated: 1.5/4

Apr 25, 2003

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Edward Havens

FilmJerk.com

Those who are looking for something a little old-fashioned will be greatly rewarded.

Rated: A-

May 15, 2003

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Brent Simon

Entertainment Today

Aptly billed as 'a new old movie' ...proof that sentiment and saccharine need not necessarily go hand in hand.

Rated: C+

Apr 28, 2003

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David Noh

Film Journal International

For all of its complex exposition and brimming biographical detail, it feels more like a cheaply shot film-class project than a real movie.

Apr 26, 2003

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Audience Member

Nice in a way, but it just didn't work for me. This fantasy romantic drama's basic plot sounds good but ended up not that interesting. It has the look of a made for television film. Nice to see Connie Stevens again though.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Far from being charming, there's something grotesque about a desperate older man playing matchmaker to a pair of young would-be lovers, then peering at them from behind bushes and pumping each for the intimate details of their trysts.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Michael Prywes

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Joseph Bologna

Mickey Stern

Tom Bosley

Harry Mankelbaum

Kylie Delre

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Joshua Fishbein

Young Mickey

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Synopsis

A man (Joseph Bologna) thinks his younger self has come back to life, as well as his true love from 50 years earlier.

Director: Michael Prywes
Producer: Michael Prywes, Jason Akel, Victor Erdos, Joseph Bologna
Screenwriter: Michael Prywes
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (DVD): Mar 28, 2006
Runtime: 1h 31m