Married to It

1991 American film

Beau Bridges
Stockard Channing
Robert Sean Leonard
Mary Stuart Masterson
Cybill Shepherd
Ron Silver

CinematographyVictor J. KemperEdited byRobert C. JonesMusic byHenry ManciniDistributed byOrion Pictures

Release dates

September 11, 1991 (1991-09-11) (Canada)
March 26, 1993 (1993-03-26) (U.S.)

Running time

112 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBox office$2,059,832^[1]

Married to It is a 1991 film directed by Arthur Hiller starring Beau Bridges, Stockard Channing, Robert Sean Leonard, Mary Stuart Masterson, Cybill Shepherd and Ron Silver. The film is 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.

Plot

Married to It is about three couples who meet by chance at a private school fundraiser and come together to organize a school pageant while becoming friends. Claire and Leo LaRonde are two fast-talking yuppies, Leo runs a doll-making company, and Claire is a savvy business woman but not a very good maternal figure to Lucy, Leo's daughter from a past marriage. Lucy and Claire have a strained relationship. John and Iris Morden are a pair of worn-out hippies with two preteen sons, John works in welfare while Iris is a housewife who takes up some artsy jobs especially with the school here and there. Nina and Charles (Chuck) Bishop are an earnest and hopeful young couple from Iowa, who are worried about making their young marriage last. Chuck is an ambitious stock broker and Nina a school psychologist at the school where Iris and Leo's kids attend. Although they face a slightly awkward start, together these three couples face various challenges and learn about their marital problems as well as each other.

Cast

Beau Bridges as John Morden
Stockard Channing as Iris Morden
Robert Sean Leonard as Chuck Bishop
Mary Stuart Masterson as Nina Bishop
Cybill Shepherd as Claire Laurent
Ron Silver as Leo Rothenberg
Don Francks as Sol Chamberlain
Donna Vivino as Lucy Rothenberg
Jimmy Shea as Marty Morden
Nathaniel Moreau as Kenny Morden
Diane D'Aquila as Madeleine Rothenberg
Chris Wiggins as Dave
Paul Gross as Jeremy Brimfield
Gerry Bamman as Arthur Everson
Djanet Sears as Mrs. Foster
George Sperdakos as Murray
Larry Reynolds as Mullaney
Edward I. Koch as Himself
Louis Di Bianco as Romero
George Guidall as Lawyer
John Ottavino as Lawyer
Jamie De Roy as Newscaster
Nancy Cser as Blonde at Ballet
Chris Bickford as Student
Jason Pechet as Student
Charles Kerr as Banker
Susan Henley as Secretary
Howard Jerome as Burly Mover
Marilyn Boyle as Older Woman
Marc Gomes as Ross
Philip Akin as Limo Driver
Gregory Jbara as Cafe Waiter
Michael A. Miranda as Trendy Waiter
Aaron Ashmore as Student in Pageant
Shawn Ashmore as Student in Pageant
Heather Brown as Student in Pageant
Kelly Campbell as Student in Pageant
Hugh Eastwood as Student in Pageant
Tara Strong as Student in Pageant (as Tara Charendoff)
Former New York City mayor Ed Koch appears as himself in a cameo.

Reception

The film was not well received by critics. Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 30% based on 10 reviews.^[2]

Film critic Roger Ebert noted, "At one point it seemed destined to go directly to TV and the video stores."^[3]

References

^ Married to It at Box Office Mojo
^ "Married to It". Rotten Tomatoes. 1993-03-26. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
^ Ebert, Roger. "Married To It Movie Review & Film Summary (1993)". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2016-04-11.