History Film / TheBigChill

** This may have been the intention, but for anyone who didn't grow up in the 1960s (or wasn't really old enough to remember much about it), it's a subversion: nearly every one of the main characters in the movie comes off as a complete asshole both in the 60s and in the 80s (though in different ways). Meg is the really the only one who seems like she might actually be "good people," so it's more a case of "Assholes (And One Good Person) Have Good Sex."

* NothingButHits: The soundtrack contains literally nothing but huge hits from the sixties (mostly from Creator/{{Motown}}) such as Music/ProcolHarum's "A Whiter Shade of Pale" and Music/MarvinGaye's "I Heard It Through the Grapevine."

** The film itself could be seen as one of these to John Sayles' 1980 independent film ''Return of the Secaucus 7'', which similarly depicts a group of former Sixties radicals reuniting in the same house over a weekend.

This is considered to be one of the finest films to show [[TheSixties Sixties]] liberals who, in TheEighties, have basically become [[BourgeoisBohemian establishment types]], suffering the angst of entering middle age in the Reagan era while [[LampshadeHanging lampshading]] the fact that "we had one of the cushiest berths ever".

This is considered to be one of the finest films to show [[TheSixties Sixties]] liberals who, in TheEighties, have basically become [[BourgeoisBohemian establishment types]], suffering the angst of the 1980s, while [[LampshadeHanging lampshading]] the fact that "we had one of the cushiest berths ever".

* DeletedScene: The film was originally intended to have several {{flashback}} scenes with Alex. These were omitted from the final cut. Alex was played by KevinCostner.

* DeletedScene: The film was originally intended to have several {{flashback}} scenes with Alex. These were omitted from the final cut, and all we ever see of Alex are closeups of his body being prepped for the funeral during the opening credits. Alex was (would have been) played by KevinCostner (if we had seen him).
** Alex IS actually visible during the opening sequence. All those shots of a man getting ready? The hairline, legs, and all that? That's Kevin Costner.

'''''The Big Chill''''' is a 1983 {{dramedy}} film directed by Creator/LawrenceKasdan and featuring a veritable Who's Who of '80s actors, including Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Creator/KevinKline, Creator/JeffGoldblum, WilliamHurt, Meg Tilly, and [=JoBeth=] Williams.

'''''The Big Chill''''' is a 1983 {{dramedy}} film directed by Lawrence Kasdan and featuring a veritable Who's Who of '80s actors, including Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Creator/KevinKline, Creator/JeffGoldblum, WilliamHurt, Meg Tilly, and [=JoBeth=] Williams.

'''''The Big Chill''''' is a 1983 {{dramedy}} film directed by Lawrence Kasdan and featuring a veritable Who's Who of '80s actors, including Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, KevinKline, Creator/JeffGoldblum, WilliamHurt, Meg Tilly, and [=JoBeth=] Williams.

* {{Expy}}: The character Sam plays on his TV show seems a lot like MagnumPI, complete with CoolCar and BadassMustache.

* False Reassurance: PlayedForLaughs.

* VitriolicBestBuds: A milder version here, but Sam does resentment towards Michael because of an article he wrote that slammed him.

* ChekovsGun: Sarah's bathrobe.

* ShoutOut: As Harold goes up towards the attic to slay a bat that's flown in, he hums the theme to RaidersOfTheLostArk, which Lawrence Kasdan co-wrote.

'''''The Big Chill''''' is a 1983 {{dramedy}} film directed by Lawrence Kasdan and featuring a veritable Who's Who of '80s actors, including Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, KevinKline, JeffGoldblum, WilliamHurt, Meg Tilly, and [=JoBeth=] Williams.

* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Many of the characters end up having sex with each other. Karen has considered getting pregnant, so [[spoiler:Sarah decides to lend Karen her husband, Harold, for this purpose]].

* ShellShockedveteran: Nick

'''''The Big Chill''''' is a 1983 {{dramedy}} film directed by Lawrence Kasdan and featuring a veritable Who's Who of '80s actors, including Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, KevinKline, JeffGoldblum, William Hurt, Meg Tilly, and [=JoBeth=] Williams.