Roommates . Tucson Weekly . 03-23-95

Roommates

DIRECTED BY: Peter Yates

REVIEWED: 03-23-95

As a grandpa and grandson who spend much of their lives sharing living quarters, Peter Falk and D.W. Sweeney make a fairly sweet pair. Sweeney has always been a likable average guy, and Falk is an entirely effective cranky curmudgeon. But the script doesn't know quite what to do with them; instead of outlining their relationship in brief strokes, it makes the mistake of carrying us through their entire lives, from marriages to births to funerals and on and on. Peter Yates, best known for Breaking Away, directs like a baker who doesn't realize he's left the bread in too long.

--Zachary Woodruff

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