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With Honors

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Academia meets street smarts when Monty Kessler (Brendan Fraser), a graduate student struggling to finish his program, loses his thesis and finds it in the hands of a homeless man named Simon Wilder (Joe Pesci). Though the two get off on the wrong foot, they become unlikely friends, with Simon teaching Monty some important life lessons. Although Monty's roommates, including his buddy, Everett Calloway (Patrick Dempsey), initially dislike having Simon around, they grow to appreciate him, too.
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While it's admittedly well-meaning, With Honors handles its themes in strictly remedial fashion.

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Anderson Jones Detroit Free Press Keshishian has smoothly made the transition from fringe to commercial by taking a fairly ordinary story and crafting it into a highly entertaining drama. Rated: 3/4 Apr 26, 2022 Full Review Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly Rated: D Sep 7, 2011 Full Review Nell Minow Movie Mom Rated: 3/5 Jun 19, 2003 Full Review Sean Collier Box Office Prophets While the film's schmaltz and occasional moments of aspirational Gen-X cool earned it a fond place in the memories of some ... With Honors is largely hackneyed. Rated: 2/10 Aug 30, 2021 Full Review Malcolm Johnson Hartford Courant The brainiest of the current class of college comedies and dramas, but not quite high enough to qualify as a magna cum laude portrayal of a meeting of minds. Rated: 2.5/4 Apr 10, 2018 Full Review Austin Kennedy Sin Magazine This movie is predictable from scene one, though that wouldn't be a problem if it had a good script, good performances and solid direction. But it doesn't. Rated: .5/4 May 23, 2012 Full Review Read all reviews

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Phillip D Brings back a lot of early ‘90’s nostalgia. Good writing. Good acting. Well directed & produced. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/20/25 Full Review Patrick S I think a lot of Younger people could benefit from seeing this movie. All the movies may be simplistic without all the intense action that people desire today, but they contained some decent morals and thoughtful messages about life and what’s important. This movie is an example of that. It touches upon relationships, how difficult they are and how we take what we have for granted and. avoid thinking about others who are less fortunate. The movie does a good job, displaying the connection between our past, our present, and our future hopes and dreams or lack there of. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/14/25 Full Review Blu B Im not sure what to make of this. It's got tons of problems but it has some good things about it. It's biggest problem is it can't walk the line of comedy & melodrama very gracefuly or modest at all. It's not funny in the slightest with just very poorly setup jokes that are either stupid or just feel random half the time is the best way to describe it. Than it tries to be serious and tugs way too hard on the heartstrings at times and it's not subtle at all. the music also is constantly like for a Sleepless in Seattle type flick not for something trying to be funny and it's very forgettable. Fraiser isn't good in this but thank god Pesci is AT TIMES. He's all over the place. Sometimes he's too over the top, not funny, cringe, forgettable, out of place, than other times he's really good and the best thing in this. Especially that one brief moment when he meets his son which is the best moment in this where it hit. But was it worth sitting through all that t get here? No. Than the whole helping him write or get his thesis back at the start feels completely forgotten about and becomes more about Pesci. It's very unfocused and feels like gaags and melodramatic moments just happen at points and can't make it work cohesively. There are a few serious moments with Pesci's condition though that do hit and the direction isn't terrible. The framing, location, lighting is all pretty good actually. The other problem is the other 3 supporting characters are like the supporting heroes in Captain America The First Avenger where they just blend in and are super forgettable. And at the end of it I felt like I didn't really get the point of it but did have moments I appreciated on there own if that makes sense. This isn't even close to being good but as many problems as it has, I can't call it bad either. Fundamentally everything is just alright. Skip it unless your a DIE HARD Pesci fan. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 12/25/24 Full Review Horror fan 4 A underrated and underappreciated movie. Joe pesci gives a brilliant performance along with the rest of the cast. The last 15 minutes made me cry. Tim Treakle Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/15/24 Full Review Simon S Wonderful story. Great actors. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/14/24 Full Review Jacqueline F This is one of my favorite movies of both Joe Pesci and Brendan Fraser. They both fill a void in each other's lives, and in some way become father and son to each other. It's a great 90's film. I recommend it! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/22/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Academia meets street smarts when Monty Kessler (Brendan Fraser), a graduate student struggling to finish his program, loses his thesis and finds it in the hands of a homeless man named Simon Wilder (Joe Pesci). Though the two get off on the wrong foot, they become unlikely friends, with Simon teaching Monty some important life lessons. Although Monty's roommates, including his buddy, Everett Calloway (Patrick Dempsey), initially dislike having Simon around, they grow to appreciate him, too.
Director
Alek Keshishian
Producer
Paula Weinstein, Amy Robinson
Screenwriter
William Mastrosimone
Production Co
Spring Creek Productions, Warner Bros.
Rating
PG-13
Genre
Drama, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 10, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA)
$18.0M
Runtime
1h 40m
Sound Mix
Surround
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