Surrender (1987) (original) (raw)
Synopsis
A comedy about two people who wanted each other in the worst way...and that's how they got each other.
A wealthy writer who has had terrible experiences with money-hungry girlfriends & ex-wives pretends to be a broke, washed-up novelist to see if the woman he loves wants him for himself or just for his money.
Cast
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literally what the hell. that was one of the most bizarre meet cutes i have ever seen in my entire life. what was any of that. seven million stars
Who makes Steve Guttenberg a star?
The first half hour made me wonder if karma ever caught up to the producers responsible for Surrender. If so, theyāre waiting out a blizzard at the Syracuse airport right now.
Hard plastic seats. Thatās what they deserve. Hours and hours on hard plastic seats. And nowhere to plug in.
Itās one of those gimmicky comic-romances from the 80s, but this one seems extra pushy and contrived even by that standard. Randy Newmanās intro song āItās Money That I Loveā sets a cynical tone and the movie bears down on it with callbacks throughout the first act. (Iām a Newman fan, but the movie wears this one out.) Meanwhile, the people we meet areā¦
You know what I like about watching these old romcom movies is that the two leads looked like normal looking people, nowadays everybody has to look like Glen Powell and Sydney Sweeney or they wonāt even get made, itās kinda sad, I wish we could go back to when we found the Sally Fieldsā and the Michael Caineās of the world sexy, you know what I mean? Cause I gotta say Sally Fields looks pretty damn hot in this to me!
āMy name is Sean Stein, but my friends call me seanstein.ā Whose fever dream is this movie?
(laughing nervously) what the fuck?
[Sometimes this app is so depressing the way its patrons just take a dump on older movies that arenāt pre-established as popular and greatā¦ (hive mind nonsense a lot of themā¦)]
This zany, charming rom-com is batshit looney and damn hilarious! And those are positives in my book!
It reminded me of screwball comedies of the Golden Age; of John Patrick Shanley; of Elaine Mayā¦
Michael Caine and Sally Field are great screwball leads here with nice chemistry, and Steve Guttenberg and Peter Boyle also bring on some good side-yuks.
The script is satirically smart in its goofy dumbness, has nice fill-in dialogue (where youāre not necessarily receiving vital info and the writer can choose roteness; but this writer doesnāt;ā¦
I was quite enthused to finally watch this. One of the few Cannon films I had not yet seen, and one of the few Cannon films with an all star cast.
But, one-third of the way through i found myself wanting to give up. I also found myself cringing consistently- Michael Caine's character is so awkward that it's creepy. There is no possible way (spoiler alert) that he could've gotten laid with such dialogue. With the given summary, there is some serious potential. But the movie falters from the start, plunging deeper as it progressses. And while the cast is fantastic, they were ill fitting choices for their respective characters. As well, there are a host of other issues here- from progression to character development to dialogue. The film only succeeded in disappointing me.
daisy shouldāve been a lesbian
This movie sits firmly on both mine and my wife's favourite film list.
Michael Caine has never been funnier and Sally Field is fantastic.
Surrender really is a true gem that is just itching to be rediscovered...
A writer is fed up with all of the women in his life taking advantage of his financial situation. When he meets a painter who seems to be genuine and good-hearted, he pretends to be poor in order to see if she loves him for who he is, or for his Benjamins.
What a weird romantic comedy. The cute-meet that happens in Surrender is less cute, more diabolically inappropriate. While at a fundraiser, robbers take control of the function and order all of the guests to strip(?) And they they tie up random men and women together with rope(?) So Michael Caine and naked Sally Field are paired together and locked away in a broom closet. Idk, maybe I'm justā¦
Itās an incredibly bad premise , itās sometimes stupid but god did I love it .
I miss this style of film it never really fits into a genre the best box to put it in is 80s .
Michael Caine and Sally Field as romantic leads who would have thunk it .
What comes off as a goofy movie , well it is but sometimes itās warm .
None of the major plot points are even that important.
Watch this film Iāll bet youāll find something to love about it .
* For Shame that not many films had Julie Kavner in their casts she is a wonderful asset
You can get away with making some truly bizarre and confusing shit when youāre Michael Caine and Sally Field