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The Big Chill (1983)

★ 6.8 · 649 ratings on TMDB

The story of eight old friends searching for something they lost, and finding that all they needed was each other.

The Big Chill poster★ 6.8

Seven old college friends gather for a weekend reunion after the funeral of one of their own.

DirectorLawrence Kasdan
CastDon Galloway, Glenn Close, James Gillis, Jeff Goldblum, JoBeth Williams, Kevin Kline
GenresComedy, Drama
The emergence reading

The Big Chill keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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