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Roxanne Reviews

1987

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Small-town fire chief C.D. Bales (Steve Martin, in a wonderfully skillful verbal and physical performance) is an extraordinary man with an extraordinary nose. Astronomer Roxanne Kowalski (Daryl Hannah) has just come to his town of Nelson, Washington in order to get away from the city and to get a clearer view of a comet she is .. Read more

Starring	Steve Martin, Daryl Hannah, Rick Rossovich, Shelley Duvall
Director	Fred Schepisi
Genres	Comedy

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- Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac, thanks to Martin's adaptation which translates the big-nosed duellist-philosopher-poet... read more on Time Out
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  Another classic 80's film....
  
  I really enjoyed this film when I saw it the first time when it first came out, so I thought I would hire it again to see if it was as good as I thought.
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  - GazMoore
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  - 14 Feb 2005 at 12:57
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  Cyrano gets a modern makeover
  
  Well, it lacks the emotional gravity of the play. Steve Martin takes an old classic and converts it into something with his own comedic twist. It's funny ... read more »
  
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- - 8Katie88
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  - 29 May 2010 at 14:18
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  roxanne
  
  This film deserves 5 stars. I would glady watch over and over again. Steve Martin is a tour de force. One of the best I have seen him in.
  
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  - Ongar
  - 09 Mar 2009 at 19:45
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  Looking a bit old..
  
  I thought the children would like to see this family film.
  
  To be honest, I could see their minds wandering back to their game platforms as they ... read more »
  
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  - 23 Feb 2009 at 11:15
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  Very good, very funny!
  
  This is a good little story, good characters, with a lot of humour thrown in, i liked it a lot, the character Steve Martin played, was wicked. :)
  
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  - Shipston-on-Stour
  - 12 Feb 2009 at 09:33
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  Brilliant
  
  Good film for all aged 10 or so plus... good fun, good moral... and the scene where he thinks up 20 'jokes' re his nose is such a classic
  
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  - E.Kent
  - 19 Jan 2007 at 15:43
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  roxanne
  
  The Cyrano de Bergerac story is just discernible beneath this Hollywood smaltz. Go for the original if you can manage the french.
  
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  - stroud, england
  - 08 Jan 2007 at 19:34
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  Great film
  
  I love this film. Steve Martin's clever adaption of the French original works really well - very funny and with little of the sentimentality that infuses ... read more »
  
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  - England
  - 01 Jan 2006 at 17:54
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  Awful
  
  I was very disappointed with this film , Steve Martin is normally so hilarious. The French remake starring Gerard Depardieu of this Steve Martin original was so... read more »
  
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- - chris43
  - East Sussex
  - 29 Dec 2005 at 12:00
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  Funny
  
  A funny movie. Not a masterpiece, but a good light entertainment.
  
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  - 25 Nov 2005 at 12:03
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  TOP MOVIE !!!
  
  This modernization of Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac casts Steve Martin as C. D. Bates, the fearless, quick-witted fire chief of a Washington State ... read more »
  
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  - 19 Oct 2005 at 03:10
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  Another classic 80's film....
  
  I really enjoyed this film when I saw it the first time when it first came out, so I thought I would hire it again to see if it was as good as I thought.
  <... read more »
  
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  - GazMoore
  - 24 reviews
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  - 14 Feb 2005 at 12:57
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  Steve Martin when he was still funny...
  
  Watch this to see Steve Martin just after he started on his long decline. A much better film, but not played for laughs is the French "Cyrano de Bergerac&... read more »
  
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  - 28 Feb 2004 at 18:17
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  TOP MOVIE !!!
  
  This modernization of Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac casts Steve Martin as C. D. Bates, the fearless, quick-witted fire chief of a Washington State ... read more »
  
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  - GLASGOW
  - 19 Oct 2005 at 03:10
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  Brilliant
  
  Good film for all aged 10 or so plus... good fun, good moral... and the scene where he thinks up 20 'jokes' re his nose is such a classic
  
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  - E.Kent
  - 19 Jan 2007 at 15:43
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  Retro remake of a classic
  
  We all know the Cyrano de bergerac story - this is a 'Modern - day' remake - well, 1980's retro nowadays... Not the best or funniest film in Steve ... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 03 Sep 2004 at 09:10
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  nice
  
  charming and funny film with the greatrs daryl hannah and steve martin, well worth the time and effort to watch
  
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  - staffordshire
  - 30 Apr 2005 at 22:08
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  classic
  
  Great comedy!!!!!!!!!
  
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  - 06 May 2005 at 20:00
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  Funny
  
  A funny movie. Not a masterpiece, but a good light entertainment.
  
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  - 25 Nov 2005 at 12:03
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  Great film
  
  I love this film. Steve Martin's clever adaption of the French original works really well - very funny and with little of the sentimentality that infuses ... read more »
  
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  - 01 Jan 2006 at 17:54
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  Awful
  
  I was very disappointed with this film , Steve Martin is normally so hilarious. The French remake starring Gerard Depardieu of this Steve Martin original was so... read more »
  
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- - chris43
  - East Sussex
  - 29 Dec 2005 at 12:00

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Critics' reviews
- Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac, thanks to Martin's adaptation which translates the big-nosed duellist-philosopher-poet... read more on Time Out
- 43242
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:13
- "...Martin gives a sweet and serious performance....A thoroughly pleasant, down-to-earth romantic comedy..."
- 7551
- - New York Times
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- Zany modernization of Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac, funny in spots but way overlong.
- 30121
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:38
- "...[The film creates] a small-town wonderland suitable for a fairy tale like ROXANNE..."
- 7552
- - Variety
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- "...Martin makes the familiar story feel fresh....Whimsy [and] pathos..." -- Rating: B+
- 7550
- - Entertainment Weekly
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58

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  Small-town fire chief C.D. Bales (Steve Martin, in a wonderfully skillful verbal and physical performance) is an extraordinary man with an extraordinary nose. Astronomer Roxanne Kowalski (Daryl Hannah) has just come to his town of Nelson, Washington in order to get away from the city and to get a ...