Boobirt Stylish but barely mediocre overall

SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped

Grimossfer Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

Bessie Smyth Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

imdb-neweyes A film that misses the point. It starts as thriller, but essentially wants to be a comedy .... but lastly misses the point.As thriller it is plainly lame. As a comedy it brings to few and to shallow comedy elements.At least it is a little entertaining, but the whole thing left me disappointed.For fans of Kline it might be worthwhile though.I also wanted to see Keitel, but his share in this film is to low that he could bring in anything.Also as a romantic film, it just does not hit the bullet. I really thought after the film, that it just did not know where to go.

FlashCallahan Nick and Frank Starkey were both policemen. A scandal forced Nick to leave the force, now a serial killer has driven the police to take him back. A web that includes Frank's wife, bribery, and corruption all are in the background as Nick tries to uncover the secret of where the killer will strike next, and finally must lay a trap without the police....I'm still unsure of this movie, I've given it a seven because the last 30 minutes of the film really come into their own, and make up for the bizarreness of the preceding hour.The first hour though really doesn't know what it wants to be. A murder, family drama, random eroticism, serial killer movie, comedy, thriller. It's all here and all flawed.Aiello has never been so typecast in a film, whenever he's on screen, he's just angry. Keitel just seem bemused by the whole thing and spends the majority of it staring at Sarandon, who I turn spends the majority of the film staring at Kline and stalking him.The rest of the cast are thankfully brilliant. Kline is as good as always, and is ably supported by Mastrantonnio, and another brilliant turn by Rickman.The film comes into its own when the Red Herring gets thrown in. The comedy and thriller aspect of the film meld into one and work, and it turns into a half decent movie.Bizarre to say the very least, but interesting.

uncledan-904-304382 I just saw this on TV by chance. I thought it was a great little movie despite the critics and mixed reviews. I really enjoyed it because I didn't take it too seriously as either a murder mystery or as a comedy. I just let it happen while I was working on a hobby project, and I liked it. The movie contains a surprising all-star cast, none of whom took their roles too seriously; I felt that they simply enjoyed doing the movie. So I think it's a greatly under-rated little gem of a flick. So if it shows up on your TV screen, give it a chance. It was engaging and very entertaining. Cast: Kevin Kline: Nick Starkey Susan Sarando: Christine Starkey Mary Elizabeth Mastranton: Bernadette Flynn Harvey Keitel: Frank Starkey Danny Aiello: Capt. Vincent Alcoa Rod Steiger: Mayor Eamon Flynn Alan Rickman: Ed And Errol Slue: Chief Sunday - Errol was a friend of mine from college and came to my wedding back in 1969. I knew he had been in some movies and had seen a couple, but didn't know he was in this one, so that was a nice surprise.

Steviereno IF YOU ARE THINKING OF WATCHING THIS FOR THE FIRS TIME, SAVE YOURSELF THE TIME AND GO TRIM YOUR TOENAILS...This movie is a perfect example of 1970s shlock movies. It was a transition period for Hollywood, so it was a period they had to go through, as they came out of the 1950s-1960s with the terrible acting styles of the Doris Day era. We, the viewing audience had to endure it all, but holy jumpin' jehosephat, some of them sucked.The words they put into these actors' mouths - I am shocked they didn't rebel against the writers and directors with, "WTF? Are you seriously expecting me to speak THOSE words?" Who wrote this, the kid in Pink Floyd's "The Wall" video who "makes himself out to be a poet"? It is just PAINFUL to listen to the dialog. The term "gratuitous nudity" probably began with this movie. Rickman as a bad Maynard G Krebs slash Vincent van Gogh is bad enough, but the nude bimbo "model" in this one is just plain embarrassing for American cinema. And Rod Steiger somehow forgot how to act some time before he signed to play the mayor. Or was he that bad all the time and we just didn't notice? Actually, I have to put the low level of this on the director's shoulders - he has authority to overrule bad writing and bad acting and turn it into something palatable. Danny Aiello, Harvey Keitel, Sarandon are just abysmal in this one.I award this 1 star, which is about 2 stars more than it deserves. I give it -10 stars on both writing and directing. May God have mercy on their souls...