''Bad Manners'' is a 1997 American comedy drama film directed by

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and starring

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and

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. It is based on a play by David Gilman, who also wrote the screenplay.

Cast

as Wes Westlund *

as Nancy Westlund *

as Matt Carroll *Caroleen Feeney as Kim Matthews *

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as Professor Harper *Robin Poley as First Musicologist *Daniel Koch as Second Musicologist * Steve Forbert as Coffeehouse Troubadour

Reception

The film received positive reviews from critics and has an 85% rating on

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. Roger Ebert gave the film three stars. Owen Gleiberman of ''

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'' gave the film a B.

References

External links

* * 1997 films 1990s English-language films American comedy-drama films American films based on plays 1997 comedy-drama films Films scored by Ira Newborn 1990s American films {{1990s-comedy-drama-film-stub