Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean

1982

Action / Comedy / Drama

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 86% · 7 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 81% · 2.5K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.1/10 10 5131 5.1K

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Plot summary

On the 20th anniversary of his death, the members of a James Dean fanclub gather at a five-and-dime for a reunion.


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Kathy Bates as Stella Mae
Karen Black as Joanne
Cher as Sissy
Caroline Aaron as Teenager
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by AlsExGal 7 / 10

A trip down memory lane about a trip down memory lane

This is a set-bound independent film deals with a small assortment of characters who assemble at the small title store in a nowhere, dusty Texas town. Some work at the store, and some have moved out of town, but they are reuniting on the 20th anniversary of James Dean's death. It seems GIANT was filmed nearby 20 years earlier, and one of their own even appeared as an extra in the film. Some have moved on since then, others haven't. And some have changed completely. I won't go further into the developments, as learning who is who and what is what is part of the film's journey.

Robert Altman directed this, both on the stage and then on film, and it's more interesting than I expected. I've never been a fan of Sandy Dennis or Karen Black, and so I've never gone out of my way to see this again after I saw it the first time. I am, however, a fan of Robert Altman. Altman has always been known for his great rapport with his actresses, and that quality serves him and his cast admirably in this. These are interesting, fully-fleshed out women, and the voices are very genuine. Sandy Dennis plays a variation of her usual emotionally fragile screen persona, but Altman manages to rein in her histrionic tendencies. Karen Black is much better than usual, in an unusual, but subtle performance. Cher famously made her first serious foray into dramatic acting here, and she's tough and terrific. A young and fiery Kathy Bates is also memorable. Stage veteran Sudie Bond rounds out the main cast.

I saw this earlier this year on TCM, and for the first time years ago on Showtime. I am always fascinated about the places where movies are filmed on location, and Giant is my favorite of James Dean's movies. It is easy to see when watching the movie that it is based upon a play with one set, but that doesn't detract from it. Even though the introduction warned about flashbacks, I wasn't aware just how quickly the movie would go between the present day of the story and two decades before. That meant I was confused for the first 15 minutes or so, so don't be surprised if you are too. Then I realized what was happening and stopped worrying about what time frame it was at any given moment. Rewatching it, having an idea about what is going on, did make it more enjoyable for me. Recommended.

Reviewed by lee_eisenberg 7 / 10

Can one be nostalgic for something that one never knew?

One of Robert Altman's lesser known movies looks at a group of James Dean disciples getting back together on the twentieth anniversary of Dean's death. "Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean" very much has the feeling of a play, as the whole thing takes place in one enclosed location (a Woolworth's five & dime store). I notice that a major theme is gender roles in the small Texas town where they live: the women are have always been forced to suppress their emotions, while the effeminate man is not accepted at all.

A common trait of Altman's movies is that many people are talking at once. That's the case here, but it's accentuated by the mirrors, which show what happened twenty years earlier while "Giant" was getting filmed not far from the town. I guess that in the end, the movie deals with nostalgia and how realistically we view the past. I was born long after the '50s, so even though I can watch the movies and listen to the music, I can never fully understand what it was like to experience these things for the first time. Does this count as authentic nostalgia?

I'd say that the movie is worth seeing. It's not Altman's best movie by any stretch, but I think that it had very good character development. Starring Sandy Dennis, Cher, Karen Black and Kathy Bates.

Reviewed by mark.waltz 8 / 10

These women may be delusional, but the performances of the actresses aren't!

After winning an Oscar for "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", the quirky Sandy Dennis made a few more movies and faded into obscurity, only on occasion returning to the screen in similar roles playing off-kilter characters. Here, she's a flighty but complex waitress, referred to as " Mona Magdeline by fellow actors waitress Cher since she believes that her son was fathered by the actor James Dean. It's the 20th anniversary of his death, and Dennis's delusion has just gotten worse. Or is she really telling the truth? The sudden arrival of a beautiful redhead (Karen Black) brings the mystery out further. Flashbacks to 1955 add more mystery to the proceedings.

This is an early opportunity to see a very young Kathy Bates as one of their old friends who pops in for the 20th anniversary, giving this four Oscar nominees/three winners in one film. Sudie Bond, a respected stage actress, is also very good as the bible thumping restaurant/convenience store owner.

This is an excellent theatrical drama that delves deeply into many issues, of idol worship, personal denial and hidden identities. Excellently directed by Robert Altman, it is personal drama so large while looking so small, and it even becomes current in theme in dealing with the subject of transgenderism. With a cast like this and so many fabulous performances, it's easy to see why this has a slight cult following, but perhaps its intimacy made it too artsy for the big screen amongst all those 1982 blockbusters to have been remembered at award time.

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