Most people probably know that "The Big Chill" was a remake of John Sayles's directorial debut "The Return of the Secaucus Seven", about some radical friends getting back together. Here, they turned the friends into yuppies and added the part about the suicide. But it's still a good movie. Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Kevin Kline, William Hurt, Jeff Goldblum, Mary Kay Place, JoBeth Williams, and Meg Tilly all star, and this movie certainly affirmed that they were to be the next generation of great American actors and actresses, even if some of them didn't do too much afterwards (Kevin Costner of course played the deceased friend, even though his scenes were left on the editing room floor). And of course, there's the soundtrack: whether it's "You Can't Always Get What You Want", "I Heard It Through the Grapevine", or something similar, this flick had a great selection of songs. A true classic.
Review of The Big Chill
