The Big Chill 1983

Vincent Canby, New York Times: The performances represent ensemble playing of an order Hollywood films seldom have time for, with the screenplay providing each character with at least one big scene. Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: There is no place for depth or nuance in this slickly engineered complacency machine. Read more

Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: An irresistibly satisfying cultural artifact. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: 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. Read more

Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine: Funny and ferociously smart. Read more

Time Out: It's perceptive, affectionate and often very funny. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Characters are generally middle-of-the-roaders, and pic lacks a tough-minded spokesman who might bring them all up short for a moment. Read more