Main Cast: Beau Bridges, Stockard Channing, Robert Sean Leonard, Mary Stuart Masterson, Cybill Shepherd
Release Year: 1993
Country: US
Run Time: 112 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
Arthur Hiller directed this comedy/drama concerning three couples, thrown together by fate, who become friendly and help each other through their marriage difficulties. Claire (Cybill Shepherd) and Leo (Ron Silver) are a wealthy couple having trouble with a daughter from a previous marriage. John (Beau Bridges) and Iris (Stockard Channing) are a couple from the '60s who have weathered a relationship involving sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll. Chuck (Robert Sean Leonard), a securities analyst, and Nina (Mary Stuart Masterson), a child psychologist, are newlyweds needing guidance through the pitfalls of married life. The couples meet on a committee formed at a PTA meeting. They find they like each other and invite each other to dinner parties. As they meet and talk with one another, they reveal their problems and help each other. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
Ron Silver - Leo Rothenberg; Philip Akin - Limo Driver; Larry Aubrey - Arresting Officer; Gerry Bamman - Arthur Everson; Heather Brown - Student in Pageant; Nancy Cser - Blonde at Ballet; Diane D'Aquila - Madeleine Rothenberg; Louis di Bianco - Romero; Don Francks - Sol Chamberlain; Paul Gross - Jeremy Brimfield; George Guidall - Lawyer; Howard Jerome - Burly Mover; Charles Kerr - Banker; Edward I. Koch - Himself; Nathaniel Moreau - Kenny Morden; Silvio Oliviero - Trendy Waiter; John Ottavino - Lawyer; Larry Reynolds - Mullaney; George Sperdakos - Murray; Chris Wiggins - Dave; Garfield Andrews - Reporter; Marilyn Boyle - Older Woman; Gregory Jbara - Cafe Waiter; Djanet Sears - Mrs. Foster; David L. King - Newscaster; Harry Booker - Arresting Officer
Credit
Erica Hiller - Associate Producer, Janet Kovalcik - Associate Producer, Howard Feuer - Casting, Julie Weiss - Costume Designer, Arthur Hiller - Director, Robert Jones - Editor, Peter V. Herald - Executive Producer, John L. Jacobs - Executive Producer, Henry Mancini - Composer (Music Score), Beverly Carr - Makeup, Robert Gundlach - Production Designer, Victor J. Kemper - Cinematographer, Thomas Baer - Producer, Gordon Sim - Set Designer, Peter V. Herald - Unit Production Manager, Janet Kovalcik - Screenwriter
Married to It is a 1993 film directed by Arthur Hiller about three New York City couples with disparate careers, ages, and lifestyles who nonetheless bond through their mutual connection to a local private school. As they help to stage a school pageant with a 1960s theme, each couple begins to quarrel and reassess their marriage.
The film was not particularly well-received. It has a "fresh" rating of 30%[1] on Rotten Tomatoes. Film criticRoger Ebert noted, "At one point it seemed destined to go directly to TV and the video stores.[2]
