The Big Chill

Enjoyed this ensemble cast with different personalities, yet all fit well together. Fantastic, fun to watch, and a joy to listen to. The only thing I wish is that during the special features, it spoke of a college Thanksgiving dinner that was eventually deleted, I think I would have really enjoyed watching it. ras

I've been waiting for years to get this DVD, so I finally decided to research it on Amazon. Got the movie, and of course, it is excellent! Brought back a lot of memories.

The Bottom Line: The fact that The Big Chill takes itself seriously doesn't mean you should: this is a slow-moving drama about college buddies reuniting after one of them dies which features the requisite drama and tears but never manages to be terribly interesting.

Friends; the real ones only come around once in a lifetime. Sure, the general embodiment of the term `friend' comes in and out of our lives with reckless abandonment and makes their little dents in who we are, but true friends never leave us and are irreplaceable. You'll know it when you meet that someone, or those someones. You'll know it immediately because there is a close comfort that comes very rarely; a feeling of overwhelming ease that allows you to be yourself, more yourself then maybe you've ever been and thus it is those real friends that help you realize who it is that you really are. I'm lucky to have such a friend, and no doubt you have that person (or persons) as well. `The Big Chill' is a story about that kind of friendship, a friendship that survives all and continues to shape and mold us. It's a story about realizing that we are nothing without that friendship, and that all that we have attempted to become becomes null and void without that friendship. The... Read more

Brought back a rush memories! I enjoyed watching it again after so many years, but the music is what was most nostalgic. Glad to make it part of my personal library.