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Tin Men

Tin Men

Comedy · Drama · 1987

A minor car accident drives two rival aluminum-siding salesmen to the ridiculous extremes of man versus man in 1963 Baltimore.

Movie details

Tin Men

“The American Dream changes. The people who sell it don't.”

1987 Comedy · Drama 1h 52m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.3 / 10

Community rating

A minor car accident drives two rival aluminum-siding salesmen to the ridiculous extremes of man versus man in 1963 Baltimore.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over Tin Men?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Barry Levinson

Written by

Barry Levinson

Richard Dreyfuss

Richard Dreyfuss

Bill 'BB' Babowsky

Danny DeVito

Danny DeVito

Ernest Tilley

Barbara Hershey

Barbara Hershey

Nora Tilley

John Mahoney

John Mahoney

Moe Adams

Jackie Gayle

Jackie Gayle

Sam

Stanley Brock

Stanley Brock

Gil

Seymour Cassel

Seymour Cassel

Cheese

Court is in session

Put Tin Men on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.