--- title: 'Men Don''t Leave (1990)' type: 'film' director: 'Paul Brickman' released: '1990-02-02' runtime_minutes: 114 genres: - 'Comedy' - 'Drama' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/men-dont-leave-1990' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100134/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Men Don't Leave (1990) 1990 · 114 min · Comedy, Drama · United States ## Synopsis Men Don't Leave is a 1990 American comedy-drama film starring Jessica Lange as a housewife who, after the death of her husband, moves with her two sons to Baltimore. Chris O'Donnell, Arliss Howard, Joan Cusack, Charlie Korsmo and Kathy Bates also co-star in this film. The film, directed by Paul Brickman and co-written with Barbara Benedek, is a remake of the 1981 French film La Vie Continue. The original music score was composed by Thomas Newman. Warner Home Video released the film on DVD for the first time on September 15, 2009, as part of the "Warner Archive Collection". ## Credits - **Director:** [Paul Brickman](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-brickman) - **Original Music Composer:** [Thomas Newman](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-newman) - **Producer:** [Jon Avnet](https://cinepixo.com/people/jon-avnet) - **Director of Photography:** [Bruce Surtees](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-surtees) ## Cast - [Chris O'Donnell](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-o-donnell) - [Jessica Lange](https://cinepixo.com/people/jessica-lange) - [Kathy Bates](https://cinepixo.com/people/kathy-bates) - [Joan Cusack](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-cusack) - [Arliss Howard](https://cinepixo.com/people/arliss-howard) - [Charlie Korsmo](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlie-korsmo) - [Belita Moreno](https://cinepixo.com/people/belita-moreno) - [Deanna Dunagan](https://cinepixo.com/people/deanna-dunagan) - [Tom Mason](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-mason-2) - [Corey Carrier](https://cinepixo.com/people/corey-carrier) - [Kevin Corrigan](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-corrigan) - [David Cale](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-cale) - [Constance Shulman](https://cinepixo.com/people/constance-shulman) - [Rick Rubin](https://cinepixo.com/people/rick-rubin) - [Jim Haynie](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-haynie) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/men-dont-leave-1990 Film facts: Wikidata (Q4305928); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.