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The Big Chill
1983
· Movie
· 105 min
C
MEANRANK
70/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2395
- IMDb #2040
- Google retired #2272
- Rotten Tomatoes #2157
- Metacritic #2288
- Letterboxd #2135
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2764
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1972
- Metacritic Critics #2407
- Metacritic Audience #2215
- Criticker #1396
- Kinopoisk #3414
- AlloCiné #2263
- Trakt #2522
Every rating
53–84
out of 100
A group of seven former college friends, now in their thirties, reunites for a weekend after the funeral of one of their close friends. Gathering at a large South Carolina vacation home, they spend the days reconnecting, reminiscing, and confronting the disparity between their 1960s ideals and their current adult lives.
Details
- Director
- Lawrence Kasdan
- Writers
- Barbara Benedek, Lawrence Kasdan
- Studio
- Carson Productions
- Released
- 30 September 1983
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $8.0M
- Box office
- $56.3M
- Awards
- 3 wins, 7 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 10 →1 major award won · 3 wins from 10 nominations across 7 ceremonies
| Writers Guild of America Awards 1983 | Best Comedy – Written Directly for the Screen | Lawrence Kasdan and Barbara Benedek | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1983 | Best Supporting Actress | Glenn Close | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1983 | Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen | Lawrence Kasdan and Barbara Benedek | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1983 | Best Picture | Michael Shamberg | Nominee |
| Directors Guild of America Awards 1983 | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Lawrence Kasdan | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 1983 | Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Nominee | |
| Golden Globe Awards 1983 | Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | Lawrence Kasdan and Barbara Benedek | Nominee |
| British Academy Film Awards 1983 | Best Original Screenplay | Lawrence Kasdan and Barbara Benedek | Nominee |
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Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Comedy – Written Directly for the Screen | Lawrence Kasdan and Barbara Benedek | Winner |
Academy Awards
3 nominations
| Best Picture | Michael Shamberg | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen | Lawrence Kasdan and Barbara Benedek | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Glenn Close | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
2 nominations
| Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Nominee | |
| Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | Lawrence Kasdan and Barbara Benedek | Nominee |
Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Lawrence Kasdan | Nominee |
National Film Preservation Board
1 nomination, 1 won
| National Film Registry | Winner |
Toronto International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| People's Choice Award | Lawrence Kasdan | Winner |
British Academy Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Original Screenplay | Lawrence Kasdan and Barbara Benedek | Nominee |