''Married to It'' is a 1991 film directed by Arthur Hiller starring Beau Bridges, Stockard Channing,

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and

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. The film is about three

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couples with disparate careers, ages, and lifestyles who nonetheless bond through their mutual connection to a local

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. As they help to stage a school pageant with a 1960s theme, each couple begins to quarrel and reassess their marriage.

Plot

''Married to It'' is about three couples who meet by chance at a private school fundraiser and come together to organize a school pageant while becoming friends. Claire and Leo LaRonde are two fast-talking yuppies, Leo runs a doll-making company, and Claire is a savvy business woman but not a very good maternal figure to Lucy, Leo's daughter from a past marriage. Lucy and Claire have a strained relationship. John and Iris Morden are a pair of worn-out hippies with two preteen sons, John works in welfare while Iris is a housewife who takes up some artsy jobs especially with the school here and there. Nina and Charles (Chuck) Bishop are an earnest and hopeful young couple from Iowa, who are worried about making their young marriage last. Chuck is an ambitious stock broker and Nina a school psychologist at the school where Iris and Leo's kids attend. Although they face a slightly awkward start, together these three couples face various challenges and learn about their marital problems as well as each other.

Cast

* Beau Bridges as John Morden * Stockard Channing as Iris Morden *

as Chuck Bishop *

as Nina Bishop *

as Claire Laurent *

as Leo Rothenberg * Don Francks as Sol Chamberlain *

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as Lucy Rothenberg * Jimmy Shea as Marty Morden * Nathaniel Moreau as Kenny Morden * Diane D'Aquila as Madeleine Rothenberg *

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as Dave *

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as Jeremy Brimfield *

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as Arthur Everson * Djanet Sears as Mrs. Foster * George Sperdakos as Murray * Larry Reynolds as Mullaney * Edward I. Koch as Himself * Louis Di Bianco as Romero *

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as Lawyer * John Ottavino as Lawyer * Jamie De Roy as Newscaster * Nancy Cser as Blonde at Ballet * Chris Bickford as Student * Jason Pechet as Student * Charles Kerr as Banker * Susan Henley as Secretary * Howard Jerome as Burly Mover * Marilyn Boyle as Older Woman * Marc Gomes as Ross *

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as Limo Driver *

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as Student in Pageant *

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as Student in Pageant * Heather Brown as Student in Pageant * Kelly Campbell as Student in Pageant * Hugh Eastwood as Student in Pageant *

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as Student in Pageant (as Tara Charendoff) * Former New York City

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appears as himself in a cameo.

Reception

The film was not well received by critics.

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gives the film a score of 30% based on 10 reviews.

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Roger Ebert noted, "At one point it seemed destined to go directly to TV and the video stores."

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Married To It 1991 films 1991 comedy-drama films Orion Pictures films Films directed by Arthur Hiller Films scored by Henry Mancini American comedy-drama films Films set in New York City 1990s English-language films 1990s American films