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Nuts

1987

Martin Ritt

Barbra Streisand, Richard Dreyfuss, Karl Malden, Maureen Stapleton ...

5.7

1,036

Drama Barbra Streisand is a mad high-priced "escort" accused of murder, but whether she's mad as hell or mad as a hatter is the question in this courtroom drama, adapted from the play by Tom Topor. While her doting, willfully uncomprehending mother (Maureen Stapleton) and stepdad with a secret (Karl Malden) try to have her judged incompetent and sent to an asylum, she fights for her day in court with the help of a hapless legal aid attorney ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Rita Kempley The Washington Post	"It wants to be a movie with a message, but in the end it's just a melodrama."
		Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"'Nuts' is essentially just a futile exercise in courtroom cliches, surrounding a good performance that doesn't fit.

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