Roxanne (1987)
“Roxanne dreamed of a handsome, intelligent, romantic man. C.D. Bales is two out of three—but looks aren't everything.”
Movie19871h 47mEnglish
Our verdict
Decent one-time watch
Mixed-to-positive reactions; enjoyable if the genre is your thing.
Based on the TMDB audience score from 718 ratings.
Movie review: Roxanne
Roxanne is a film from 1987. It is catalogued under Comedy, Romance.
Story
In this modern take on Edmond Rostand's classic play "Cyrano de Bergerac," C. D. Bales is the witty, intelligent, and brave fire chief of a small Pacific Northwest town who, due to the size of his enormous nose, declines to pursue the girl of his dreams, lovely Roxanne Kowalski. Instead, when his shy underling Chris McConnell becomes smitten with Roxanne, C.D. feeds the handsome young man the words of love to win her heart.
Audience reaction
TMDB records an audience rating of 6.4/10 based on 718 votes.
Production
Release date: June 19, 1987 · Runtime: 107 minutes · Original language: English · Reported budget: $12,000,000 · Reported revenue: $40,050,884
Official trailer
Cast
Steve Martin
Daryl Hannah
Rick Rossovich
Shelley Duvall
John Kapelos
Fred Willard
Max Alexander
Michael J. Pollard
Damon Wayans
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