A once close-knit gang of friends meets for a weekend after the funeral of their much-envied friend, who committed suicide. During the weekend that follows, these friends compare their 60's ideas with the harsh reality of their lives in the 80's, and discover that in a cold world, you need your friends to keep you warm.
14 February 1960, Long Beach, California, USA
22 October 1952, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
20 March 1950, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
18 January 1955, Lynwood, California, USA
31 May 1949, Chicago, Illinois, USA
24 October 1947, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
31 October 1945, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
28 October 1974, Detroit, Michigan, USA
27 July 1937, Brooksville, Kentucky, USA
6 December 1948, Houston, Texas, USA
30 September 1979, Los Angeles, California, USA
19 March 1947, Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
23 September 1947, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
September 09, 2014
College reunion film with mature themes won't interest teens.
May 05, 2008
There is no place for depth or nuance in this slickly engineered complacency machine.
May 05, 2008
Funny and ferociously smart.
May 05, 2008
Characters are generally middle-of-the-roaders, and pic lacks a tough-minded spokesman who might bring them all up short for a moment.
February 09, 2006
It's perceptive, affectionate and often very funny.
May 05, 2008
An always entertaining and perceptive film that hardly ever lapses into sentimentality.
May 05, 2008
An entertaining look at the 80s embourgeoisement of 60s student activists steers skillfully between social satire and sentiment.
July 28, 2014
...even though it's aware of their narcissism, The Big Chill still views its characters sympathetically, even when they do little to invite much sympathy themselves.
August 07, 2014
Even if the film isn't timeless, the soundtrack certainly is.
May 05, 2008
Strong acting and a string of classic rock and soul tunes make up for a superficial script.
May 05, 2008
An irresistibly satisfying cultural artifact.
October 23, 2004
It has all the right moves. It knows all the right words. Its characters have all the right clothes, expressions, fears, lusts and ambitions. But there's no payoff and it doesn't lead anywhere.
