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Nuts

Nuts

Drama · 1987

A high-class call girl accused of murder fights for the right to stand trial rather than be declared mentally incompetent.

Movie details

Nuts

“Mad As In Angry. Or Just Plain... NUTS”

1987 Drama 1h 56m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.6 / 10

7.7K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

42 %

Tomatometer

TMDB

6.3 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

A high-class call girl accused of murder fights for the right to stand trial rather than be declared mentally incompetent.

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 Nuts?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Martin Ritt

Written by

Tom Topor · Darryl Ponicsan · Alvin Sargent

Barbra Streisand

Barbra Streisand

Claudia Draper

Richard Dreyfuss

Richard Dreyfuss

Aaron Levinsky

Maureen Stapleton

Maureen Stapleton

Rose Kirk

Karl Malden

Karl Malden

Arthur Kirk

Eli Wallach

Eli Wallach

Dr. Herbert A. Morrison

Robert Webber

Robert Webber

Francis MacMillan

James Whitmore

James Whitmore

Judge Stanley Murdoch

Court is in session

Put Nuts on trial.

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

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

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

The prosecution The Adrenaline Seeker

“The strings are showing.”

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