The defence The Popcorn Loyalist
“It owes the canon nothing.”
The movie pursues immediacy and audience pleasure without begging institutions to certify its worth.
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Greedy
Comedy · 1994
Meet the McTeagues. They've come to stake a claim in their wealthy uncle's will… only he's not dead yet!
Movie details
Greedy
“Where there’s a will, there’s a relative.”
1994 Comedy 1h 53m
Critical arithmetic
The consensus, allegedly.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
IMDb
6.3 / 10
15.7K votes
Rotten Tomatoes
33 %
Tomatometer
TMDB
6.2 / 10
Community rating
External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.
Meet the McTeagues. They've come to stake a claim in their wealthy uncle's will… only he's not dead yet!
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Greedy?
For the defence
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Big-Idea Head
“You watch with your brain, not your gut.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
Where it lives
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Jonathan Lynn
Written by
Lowell Ganz · Babaloo Mandel
Michael J. Fox
Daniel
Kirk Douglas
Uncle Joe
Nancy Travis
Robin
Olivia D'Abo
Molly Richardson
Phil Hartman
Frank
Ed Begley Jr.
Carl
Jere Burns
Glen
Court is in session
Put Greedy on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Big-Idea Head
“Easy pleasure, short half-life.”
It moves efficiently through the moment but offers little reason to keep arguing once the credits end.