Roommates (1995)

Following the deaths of both of his parents, D.B. Sweeney moved in with his 77 year old grandfather Peter Falk. What follows was thirty years of off and on living together through life’s ups and downs. The posters for this make it look like it’d be an intergenerational version of The Odd Couple, but it’s far from that. It’s mostly a maudlin portrayal of the difficulties of life that is only buoyed by a great performance by Falk and a criminally small appearance by Julianne Moore.

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