callanvass David (Tom Hanks) has everything he could ever want in life! Fame, fortune, success, you name it. His life takes a chaotic turn when he finds out his parents have split up. I'm a big fan of Tom Hanks. The man can usually do no wrong, but this movie was a bit of a misfire. It tries to balance serious situations with awkward comedy, but it doesn't mesh together very well. The performances aren't the problem. Tom Hanks is absolutely great as he usually is, I didn't find his character very sympathetic though. Jackie Gleason & Eva Marie Saint are solid as the parents, but not easy to like either. Another problem I had with this movie is the poor pacing issues. This movie runs longer than it should for such a dull affair. I didn't hate this movie, but it was a rather mundane experience. Hanks fans might wanna give it a look, but I can't say there is much to look forward to. 5/10

rortrain "Nothing in common" is truly a movie about relationships. It has so many interesting characters that are so important to each others. I have seen thousands of movies and the relation between the characters of Tom Hanks and Bess Armstrong is the most beautiful i have seen in a movie. Bess armstrong is so charming and beautiful, she brings sensibility and beauty to every scene she is in. We can see that she and tom loves each others but there are so many things that separate them. The beautiful song of Carly Simon "if it wasn't love" playing with images of the movie showing the people evolving with each others, and only by looking to their faces we see so many feelings of care and tenderness. It is a magic moment in the movie. Especially when Bess turns around and gives a touching look at Tom before going away with her bicycle, she tells him only with her eyes that he is letting her go.She is so expressive and touching in the expression of her love. It is also very touching to see the character of tom hanks, confronting but also caring for his father and his mother. This movie gives a very important message that we should talk to the people we love, tell them how we feel and tell them that we love them. And also, that we should create more happy and important moments with the people we love . It is a very underrated movie. It is very unfair that this movie has a 5.9 rating.

David Lobosco Nothing In Common is one of those underrated 80s films that is forgotten but had plenty of heart. It is a favorite movie of mine.The film, released in 1986, was not a great financial success, but it became more popular as Hanks's fame grew. It is considered by some to be a pivotal role in Hanks's career because it marked his transition from less developed comedic roles to becoming a leading actor in more serious stories, while many critics also praised Gleason's performance, which was his last movie. The original music score was composed by Patrick Leonard. The film was marketed with the tagline "On his way up the corporate ladder, David Basner confronts his greatest challenge: his father." Happy-go-lucky advertising executive David Basner, who recently got a promotion at his Chicago ad agency, returns to work from a vacation. He is utterly carefree until his parents split up after 36 years of marriage.Out of the blue, he must care for his aging, bitter father Max (played by Gleason), as well as be there for his emotionally fragile mother, Lorraine (played by Eva Marie Saint). To add insult to injury, Max has just been fired from his 35-year career in the garment industry.At work, David is developing a commercial for Colonial Airlines, owned by the rich and eccentric Andrew Woolridge. A successful ad campaign would likely promote David to partner in his company. David develops a relationship with Woolridge's daughter, no-nonsense Cheryl Ann Wayne. His father is well aware of David's playboy nature. Asking at one point if his son is in bed with a woman, Max adds: "Anybody you know?" The parents begin to rely more and more on David, calling him on the phone constantly. His mother needs help moving to a new apartment. His father needs to be driven to an eye doctor. Lorraine needs to be rescued in a bar after going out on a date with another man, having become frightened when he tried to kiss her goodnight.David's mother then confides to him that Max cheated on her and humiliated her. An enraged David goes to confront Max. Their argument ends with David saying: "Tomorrow I'm shooting a commercial about a family who loves each other, who cares about each other. I'm fakin' it." The next day, David is distracted by the deteriorating relationship with his dad and it affects his work. As a peace offering, David offers to take Max to a nightclub to hear some of the jazz music Max likes. It is there that David accidentally discovers a secret Max has been hiding: diabetes. His foot is gangrened.Max must go to the hospital. While awaiting surgery, he and Lorraine share their thoughts about their life together, with Lorraine condemning him for doing what he did to himself and to her. Max sobs over his mistakes once he is alone.At the agency, Andrew Woolridge insists that David go to New York with him to promote his new ad campaign. David refuses, saying he wants to stay with his sick father. Woolridge complains that it's unnecessary. David tells him off and is fired.The next day, David accompanies his dad to the operating room. His boss Charlie assures him that he will personally smooth things over with Woolridge, so David should take some time off.Max loses two toes. When he goes home from the hospital, David pushes his wheelchair. Max admits to his son: "You were the last person I thought would come through for me." Even though I consider this film forgotten and underrated, it is available on DVD. It is worth the $5 for the DVD just to see the genius of Jackie Gleason one more time...

Rodrigo Amaro In this dramatic comedy Tom Hanks plays David a successful and very happy advertiser working on a big project when suddenly his world falls apart when his mother (Eva Marie Saint) separates from his father (Jackie Gleason) ending their long marriage and leaving to him many questions about relationships and family matters. This guy realizes that he and his grumpy old father has, like the title says, nothing in common. And now David needs to find a good balance between his career, a devotion with his parents and some possible love relationships.This was Tom Hanks first attempt in a more serious film, he was very fresh in the success of "Splash" and wanted a serious role without losing his comedian moves. The screenplay didn't help him much because created something in the between that took too long to develop, be interesting, be funny and serious at the same time. The story is good but it never reaches the perfect potential, it's a almost get there movie. It is effective on the drama level, in the comedy sometimes works (the "2001: A Space Odyssey" reference used when David mets his new office was hilarious), other times it is very difficult to follow the proposition of the writers and director Garry Marshall. I enjoyed the conflicted drama between Hanks and Gleason and Saint; the reason of why David's parents didn't work out and some family secrets were presented in a good tone, nothing so melodramatic and the result in the ending was very satisfactory and kind of surprising I must say. I won't tell much but the things between the couple gets unsolved and that works brilliantly here because it was a realistic alternative, very surprising and escaped the Hollywood happy cliché. On the comedy side one of the biggest moments here is when Hanks presents his final advertising project along with his colleagues creating a interesting and original presentation where he read the presentation cards explaining the commercial and his colleagues start singing/dubbing all the characters of it. Hanks was good, Gleason in his final film role was very good (towards the ending mostly) and Eva Marie Saint is always a pleasure to watch her (her only scene with Gleason is touchy). The movie also includes Tuesday Weld, Barry Corbin and Hector Elizondo in effective supporting roles. The soundtrack is very 1980's and good to hear it, featuring two main songs (one performed by Christopher Cross and other by The Thompson Twins) and many other good songs. Just because it's not so great that doesn't mean you can't enjoy it. Despite the fact that it was a box-office failure and the ratings here are so low, this underrated movie deserves a better view. 8/10