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Donald "Sully" Sullivan (Newman) is a 60-year-old construction worker and LovableRogue who, when not working the occasional job with his friend and partner Rub (Creator/PruittTaylorVince), spends his time bitching about his work to his boss Carl (Willis), drinking with his friends, flirting with Carl's wife Toby (Griffith), and occasionally helping out Beryl Peoples (Tandy), his landlady and former English teacher. Then, one Thanksgiving, Sully's estranged son Peter (Dylan Walsh) comes to town, and Sully tries to repair their relationship, as well as be a grandfather to Peter's son Will (Alexander Goodwin).
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Donald "Sully" Sullivan (Newman) is a 60-year-old construction worker and LovableRogue who, when not working the occasional job with his friend and partner Rub (Creator/PruittTaylorVince), spends his time bitching about his work to his boss Carl (Willis), drinking with his friends, flirting with Carl's wife Toby (Griffith), and occasionally helping out Beryl Peoples (Tandy), his landlady and former English teacher. Then, one Thanksgiving, Sully's estranged son Peter (Dylan Walsh) (Creator/DylanWalsh) comes to town, and Sully tries to repair their relationship, as well as be a grandfather to Peter's son Will (Alexander Goodwin).
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* WhatTheHellHero: Peter does this to Sully when Sully forgets Will outside (when inside his childhood home).
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** Sully quotes from Creator/CharlesDickens' ''The Cricket on the Hearth'' ("We wear the chains we forge in life"), though when Beryl asks if he remembers who said that, Sully replies, "You did, Miss Beryl."
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* WaxingLyrical: When Carl's secretary/mistress Ruby walks away from the poker table because she's pissed, Sully says to her, "[[Music/KennyRogers Ruby, don't take your love to town]]", and the others sing it to her.
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* WaxingLyrical: When Carl's secretary/mistress Ruby walks away from the poker table because she's pissed, Sully says to her, "[[Music/KennyRogers Ruby, don't take your love to town]]", town]]" - to which she [[FlippingTheBird flips him off]] - and the others sing it to her.
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Donald "Sully" Sullivan (Newman) is a 60-year-old construction worker and LovableRogue who, when not working the occasional job with his friend and partner Rub (Creator/PruittTaylorVince), spends his time bitching about his work to his boss Carl (Willis), drinking with his friends, flirting with Carl's wife Toby (Griffith), and occasionally helping Beryl Peoples (Tandy), his landlady and former English teacher. Then, one Thanksgiving, Sully's estranged son Peter (Dylan Walsh) comes to town, and Sully tries to repair their relationship, as well as be a grandfather to Peter's son Will (Alexander Goodwin).
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Donald "Sully" Sullivan (Newman) is a 60-year-old construction worker and LovableRogue who, when not working the occasional job with his friend and partner Rub (Creator/PruittTaylorVince), spends his time bitching about his work to his boss Carl (Willis), drinking with his friends, flirting with Carl's wife Toby (Griffith), and occasionally helping out Beryl Peoples (Tandy), his landlady and former English teacher. Then, one Thanksgiving, Sully's estranged son Peter (Dylan Walsh) comes to town, and Sully tries to repair their relationship, as well as be a grandfather to Peter's son Will (Alexander Goodwin).
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Donald "Sully" Sullivan (Newman) is a 60-year-old construction worker and LovableRogue who, when not working the occasional job with his friend and partner Rub (Creator/PruittTaylorVince), spends his time bitching about his work to Carl (Willis), his boss, drinking with his friends, flirting with Carl's wife Toby (Griffith) and occasionally helping Beryl Peoples (Tandy), his landlady and former English teacher. Then, one Thanksgiving, Sully's estranged son Peter (Dylan Walsh) comes to town, and Sully tries to repair their relationship, as well as be a grandfather to Peter's son Will (Alexander Goodwin).
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Donald "Sully" Sullivan (Newman) is a 60-year-old construction worker and LovableRogue who, when not working the occasional job with his friend and partner Rub (Creator/PruittTaylorVince), spends his time bitching about his work to his boss Carl (Willis), his boss, drinking with his friends, flirting with Carl's wife Toby (Griffith) (Griffith), and occasionally helping Beryl Peoples (Tandy), his landlady and former English teacher. Then, one Thanksgiving, Sully's estranged son Peter (Dylan Walsh) comes to town, and Sully tries to repair their relationship, as well as be a grandfather to Peter's son Will (Alexander Goodwin).
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Donald "Sully" Sullivan (Newman) is a 60-year-old construction worker and LovableRogue who, when not working the occasional job with his friend and partner Rub (Creator/PruittTaylorVince), spends his time bitching about his work to Carl (Willis), his boss, drinking with his friends, flirting with Carl's wife Toby (Griffith) and occasionally helping Beryl Peoples (Tandy), his landlady and former English teacher. Then, one Thanksgiving, Sully's estranged son Peter (Dylan Walsh) comes to town, and Sully tries to repair their relationship, as well as be a grandfather to Peter's son Will.
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Donald "Sully" Sullivan (Newman) is a 60-year-old construction worker and LovableRogue who, when not working the occasional job with his friend and partner Rub (Creator/PruittTaylorVince), spends his time bitching about his work to Carl (Willis), his boss, drinking with his friends, flirting with Carl's wife Toby (Griffith) and occasionally helping Beryl Peoples (Tandy), his landlady and former English teacher. Then, one Thanksgiving, Sully's estranged son Peter (Dylan Walsh) comes to town, and Sully tries to repair their relationship, as well as be a grandfather to Peter's son Will.
Will (Alexander Goodwin).
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''Nobody's Fool'' is a 1994 comedy-drama [[TheFilmOfTheBook based on the novel by Richard Russo]], written and directed by Robert Benton, and starring Creator/PaulNewman, Creator/JessicaTandy, Creator/MelanieGriffith, and Creator/BruceWillis.
Donald "Sully" Sullivan (Newman) is a 60 year old construction worker and LovableRogue who, when not working the occasional job with his friend and partner Rub (Creator/PruittTaylorVince), spends his time bitching about his work to Carl (Willis), his boss, drinking with his friends, flirting with Carl's wife Toby (Griffith) and occasionally helping Beryl Peoples (Tandy), his landlady and former English teacher. Then, one Thanksgiving, Sully's estranged son Peter (Dylan Walsh) comes to town, and Sully tries to repair their relationship, as well as be a grandfather to Peter's son Will.
Donald "Sully" Sullivan (Newman) is a 60 year old construction worker and LovableRogue who, when not working the occasional job with his friend and partner Rub (Creator/PruittTaylorVince), spends his time bitching about his work to Carl (Willis), his boss, drinking with his friends, flirting with Carl's wife Toby (Griffith) and occasionally helping Beryl Peoples (Tandy), his landlady and former English teacher. Then, one Thanksgiving, Sully's estranged son Peter (Dylan Walsh) comes to town, and Sully tries to repair their relationship, as well as be a grandfather to Peter's son Will.
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''Nobody's Fool'' is a 1994 comedy-drama film [[TheFilmOfTheBook based on the novel by Richard Russo]], written and directed by Robert Benton, and starring Creator/PaulNewman, Creator/JessicaTandy, Creator/MelanieGriffith, and Creator/BruceWillis.
Donald "Sully" Sullivan (Newman) is a60 year old 60-year-old construction worker and LovableRogue who, when not working the occasional job with his friend and partner Rub (Creator/PruittTaylorVince), spends his time bitching about his work to Carl (Willis), his boss, drinking with his friends, flirting with Carl's wife Toby (Griffith) and occasionally helping Beryl Peoples (Tandy), his landlady and former English teacher. Then, one Thanksgiving, Sully's estranged son Peter (Dylan Walsh) comes to town, and Sully tries to repair their relationship, as well as be a grandfather to Peter's son Will.
Donald "Sully" Sullivan (Newman) is a
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* CatchPhrase: Rub's "You know what I wish?", which he asks to Sully all the time (and usually, it's a pretty mundane wish.
** PhraseCatcher: When Sully goes to apologize to Rub near the end, he asks Rub, "Know what I wish?"
** PhraseCatcher: When Sully goes to apologize to Rub near the end, he asks Rub, "Know what I wish?"
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-->'''Clive Jr.:''' My mother...
-->'''Sully:''' Is the only reason I don't kick your ass!
-->'''Sully:''' Is the only reason I don't kick your ass!
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-->'''Clive Jr.:''' My mother...
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-->'''Sully:'''Is the The only reason I don't kick your ass!
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* ScatterbrainedSenior: Hattie, the mother of the owner of the diner Sully frequents. This is more developed in the novel; in the movie, it's limited to her wandering out on the street, yelling to passing cars, "No driving on the sidewalk!", and claiming she's going to visit her sister in Albany (while walking in the snow).
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* TheMissusAndTheEx: Oddly enough, Sully and Ralph (current husband of Sully's ex-wife Vera) get along wonderfully. It's Vera that still can't stand Sully.
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* SnarkToSnarkCombat: Sully and Carl pretty much exclusively communicate in this manner. Doesn't hurt that Paul Newman and Bruce Willis are renowned DeadpanSnarkers.
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* SnarkToSnarkCombat: Sully and Carl pretty much exclusively communicate in this manner. Doesn't hurt that Not surprising, considering they are played by renowned deadpan snarkers Paul Newman and Bruce Willis are renowned DeadpanSnarkers. Willis.
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''Nobody's Fool'' is a 1994 comedy-drama [[TheFilmOfTheBook based on the novel by Richard Russo]], written and directed by Robert Benton, and starring Creator/PaulNewman, Jessica Tandy, Creator/MelanieGriffith, and Creator/BruceWillis.
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''Nobody's Fool'' is a 1994 comedy-drama [[TheFilmOfTheBook based on the novel by Richard Russo]], written and directed by Robert Benton, and starring Creator/PaulNewman, Jessica Tandy, Creator/JessicaTandy, Creator/MelanieGriffith, and Creator/BruceWillis.
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->'''Beryl:''' Doesn't it bother you that you haven't done more with the life God gave you?
->'''Sully:''' Not often. Now and then.
->'''Sully:''' Not often. Now and then.
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->'''Beryl:''' Doesn't it bother you that you haven't done more with the life God gave you?
->'''Sully:'''you?\\
'''Sully:''' Not often. Now and then.
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'''Sully:''' Not often. Now and then.
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-->'''Peter:''' So, if you're not a father to me, how come you're a grandfather to Will?
-->'''Sully:''' Cause you gotta start someplace.
-->'''Sully:''' Cause you gotta start someplace.
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-->'''Peter:''' So, if you're not a father to me, how come you're a grandfather to Will?
-->'''Sully:'''Will?\\
'''Sully:''' Cause you gotta start someplace.
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'''Sully:''' Cause you gotta start someplace.
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* MeaningfulEcho: Twice, Toby calls Sully a man among men; the first time, it's not a compliment, but [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming it is the second time]].
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* MeaningfulEcho: Twice, Toby calls Sully a man among men; the first time, it's not a compliment, but [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming it is the second time]].time.
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Not to be confused with the 1986 romantic comedy starring Creator/RosannaArquette and Creator/EricRoberts.
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Not to be confused with the 1986 romantic comedy starring Creator/RosannaArquette and Creator/EricRoberts.
Creator/EricRoberts, or the 2018 comedy directed by Creator/TylerPerry and starring Creator/TiffanyHaddish.
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* ShoutOut: Sully and Wirf bet on the outcome of an episode of ''ThePeoplesCourt''.
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* ShoutOut: Sully and Wirf bet on the outcome of an episode of ''ThePeoplesCourt''.''Series/ThePeoplesCourt''.
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* WaxingLyrical: When Carl's secretary/mistress Ruby walks away from the poker table because she's pissed, Sully says to her, "[[KennyRogers Ruby, don't take your love to town]]", and the others sing it to her.
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* WaxingLyrical: When Carl's secretary/mistress Ruby walks away from the poker table because she's pissed, Sully says to her, "[[KennyRogers "[[Music/KennyRogers Ruby, don't take your love to town]]", and the others sing it to her.
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''Nobody's Fool'' is a 1994 comedy-drama [[TheFilmOfTheBook based on the novel by Richard Russo]], written and directed by Robert Benton, and starring Creator/PaulNewman, Jessica Tandy, Melanie Griffith, and Creator/BruceWillis.
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''Nobody's Fool'' is a 1994 comedy-drama [[TheFilmOfTheBook based on the novel by Richard Russo]], written and directed by Robert Benton, and starring Creator/PaulNewman, Jessica Tandy, Melanie Griffith, Creator/MelanieGriffith, and Creator/BruceWillis.
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* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: Played with; BruceWillis appears in the trailer and has a decent-sized supporting role in the film, but the studio was afraid people would assume it was an action film if he was in it, so he doesn't receive any billing in the print ads or posters.
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* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: Played with; BruceWillis Creator/BruceWillis appears in the trailer and has a decent-sized supporting role in the film, but the studio was afraid people would assume it was an action film if he was in it, so he doesn't receive any billing in the print ads or posters.
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''Nobody's Fool'' is a 1994 comedy-drama [[TheFilmOfTheBook based on the novel by Richard Russo]], written and directed by Robert Benton, and starring PaulNewman, Jessica Tandy, Melanie Griffith, and BruceWillis.
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''Nobody's Fool'' is a 1994 comedy-drama [[TheFilmOfTheBook based on the novel by Richard Russo]], written and directed by Robert Benton, and starring PaulNewman, Creator/PaulNewman, Jessica Tandy, Melanie Griffith, and BruceWillis.
Creator/BruceWillis.
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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: How Beryl sees Sully.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Carl is rude and a relatively horrible boss, but he correctly calls out Sully on the older man's foolish stubbornness [[spoiler:and fulls well that Sully won't really run off with his wife Toby when she finally walks out on Carl.]]
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Carl is rude and a relatively horrible boss, but he correctly calls out Sully on the older man's foolish stubbornness [[spoiler:and fulls knows full well that Sully won't really run off with his wife Toby when she finally walks out on Carl.]]]]
* KnightInSourArmor: Sully. There's a reason why Beryl calls on Sully to go out and rescue the dementia-suffering neighbor while ''her own son'' is standing there.
* KnightInSourArmor: Sully. There's a reason why Beryl calls on Sully to go out and rescue the dementia-suffering neighbor while ''her own son'' is standing there.
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* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: Sully's response to any situation he doesn't want to be a part of. It's why he abandoned Peter and his wife early on.
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* TooGoodToBeTrue: During the final third of the movie, Sully goes through one hell of a lucky streak [[spoiler:as he finds out his trifecta horse finally won - although he was in jail and unable to buy the ticket in time - and later gets out of jail free when the judge dumps on the LawfulStupid deputy. Sully's antagonist Clive Jr. has fled town rather than face angry investors in his failed land development. During the weekly poker game, Sully has the best night of his life, even beating everybody at StripPoker including his BadBoss Carl. And when Carl's wife Toby [[WomanScorned storms in finding Carl with his naked mistress]], Toby proposes to flee with Sully with all of her soon-to-be-ex-husband's money for a Caribbean holiday.]]
** And [[spoiler:it all comes to an end when Toby breaks down in tears in the car, and Sully realizes she's better off fleeing by herself. He also admits to her he needs to stay behind and repair his relationship with his son and grandson.]]
** And [[spoiler:it all comes to an end when Toby breaks down in tears in the car, and Sully realizes she's better off fleeing by herself. He also admits to her he needs to stay behind and repair his relationship with his son and grandson.]]
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* AbusiveParents: Sully's father was like this to Sully, which is why he doesn't want anything to do with his childhood home.
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* AbusiveParents: Sully's father was like this to Sully, which is why he doesn't want anything to do with his childhood home. [[spoiler:It's part of the reason he quit being a father to Peter, afraid he might be just as abusive.]]
** Sully almost [[spoiler:becomes a disappeared Granddad, about to run off with Toby and leaving Peter and Peter's son just as Scully was getting to know them. But he realizes he's better off staying and repairing his own family, letting Toby flee by herself which was probably also good for her.]]
* {{Fanservice}}: Sully jokingly tells Toby during one of their many flirtations that Carl's secretary would flash him whenever he shows up at the office. [[spoiler:One visit, she's there handling paperwork and before Sully leaves Toby pulls up her sweater to reveal she's completely naked otherwise.]]
* FatalFlaw: Sully would be a wealthier man or a more prominent leader of the community if he weren't so stubborn [[spoiler:and fearful that he'd turn out as violent as his father.]]
* FatalFlaw: Sully would be a wealthier man or a more prominent leader of the community if he weren't so stubborn [[spoiler:and fearful that he'd turn out as violent as his father.]]
* JerkassHasAPoint: Carl is rude and a relatively horrible boss, but he correctly calls out Sully on the older man's foolish stubbornness [[spoiler:and fulls well that Sully won't really run off with his wife Toby when she finally walks out on Carl.]]
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* MeaningfulEcho: Twice, Toby calls Sully a man among men; the first time, it's not a compliment, but it is the second time.
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* MeaningfulEcho: Twice, Toby calls Sully a man among men; the first time, it's not a compliment, but [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming it is the second time.time]].
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Not to be confused with the 1986 movie starring Rosanna Arquette and Eric Roberts.
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Not to be confused with the 1986 movie romantic comedy starring Rosanna Arquette Creator/RosannaArquette and Eric Roberts.
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