For decades, next-door neighbors and former friends John and Max have feuded, trading insults and wicked pranks. When an attractive widow moves in nearby, their bad blood erupts into a high-stakes rivalry full of naughty jokes and adolescent hijinks.
Directed by Donald Petrie
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Letterboxd
3.4 / 5
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Cast
Jack Lemmon
John Gustafson
Walter Matthau
Max Goldman
Ann-Margret
Ariel Truax
Burgess Meredith
Grandpa Gustafson
Daryl Hannah
Melanie
Kevin Pollak
Jacob Goldman
Ossie Davis
Chuck
Buck Henry
Snyder
Christopher McDonald
Mike
John Carroll Lynch
Moving Man
Steve Cochran
Weatherman
Joe Howard
Pharmacist
Crew
Donald Petrie
Director
Mark Steven Johnson
Writer
William Davies
Writer
Alan Silvestri
Original Music Composer
John Davis
Producer
Ray Lykins
Stunts
William Ross
Orchestrator
Dennis Sands
Scoring Mixer
Spiro Razatos
Stunts
Mark P. Stoeckinger
Supervising Sound Effects Editor
Ernie F. Orsatti
Stunt Coordinator
Tom Boyd
Musician
Popular Reviews
91 reviews
Ian Helms
6.0★ · 12/06/25
He’s gonna burry his boner
He’s gonna burry his boner
bunchaisinatra
6.0★ · 11/14/25
TODAY SCHEDULE grumpy old man
TODAY SCHEDULE grumpy old man
xoxo_gypsyivy
8.0★ · 09/29/25
a family favorite in my house
a family favorite in my house
Maranda
6.0★ · 09/19/25
Love to see the boys at it
Love to see the boys at it
Sam Beaumont
6.3★ · 02/12/25
Pretty funny! I like Jack Lemon a lot actually and the end of the movie was very satisfying and wholesome. I will be like this when I’m older I fear
Pretty funny! I like Jack Lemon a lot actually and the end of the movie was very satisfying and wholesome. I will be like this when I’m older I fear
