Renaissance Man
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61% Critic Match

Renaissance Man

One man's mission to teach the few, the proud... The impossible!

6.1 / 10 1994 2h 8mPG-13 English
ComedyDrama

Storyline

An advertising man is slowly sliding downhill. When he is fired from his job in Detroit, he signs up for unemployment. One day they find him a job: teaching thinking skills to Army recruits. He arrives on base to find that there is no structure set up for the class.

Cast & Crew

Danny DeVito

Danny DeVito

Bill Rago

Lead
Gregory Hines

Gregory Hines

Sergeant Cass

James Remar

James Remar

Captain Tom Murdoch

Ed Begley Jr.

Ed Begley Jr.

Jack Markin

Lillo Brancato

Lillo Brancato

Soldat Donnie Benitez

Stacey Dash

Stacey Dash

Soldat Miranda Myers

Kadeem Hardison

Kadeem Hardison

Soldat Jamaal Montgomery

Cliff Robertson

Cliff Robertson

Colonel James

What People Are Saying

3.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Penny Marshall's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Renaissance Man is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker