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Genres:
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Comedy /
Drama /
Fantasy /
Romance /
Music
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Release:
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Director:
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Joel Coen
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Actors:
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I.M. Hobson,
Gary Allen,
John Seitz,
Harry Bugin,
John Wylie,
Tim Robbins,
Jennifer Jason Leigh,
Paul Newman,
Charles Durning,
John Mahoney,
Jim True-Frost,
Bill Cobbs,
Bruce Campbell,
Joe Grifasi,
Roy Brocksmith
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Duration:
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111 min.
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Rating:
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(7.4/10)99.5
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Plot Summary:
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A conniving (Paul Newman) promotes a mailroom artisan (Tim Robbins) to company president in 1950s Manhattan.
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Tags:
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Under rated gem.
Of all the Coens films this one is often mysteriously overlooked as nothing more than a whimsical curiosity.
Both a tribute to Howard Hawks's comedies and the feel goodness of Capra, this is a charming illustration of the strange logic of the Coensian universe.
Featuring great comic performances from all the leads, wonderful set design and great dialogue this deserves to be up there with the Coen Bros best.
'You know? For kids!'
Intolerable Cruelty, though, there's a film more deserving of being overlooked.
Misses the mark
This flim tries hard to make likable characters and have quirky scissorhandesque scenes, but just doesn't quite get there.
The characters are not endearing enough or particularly interesting and there are some scenes which try to be humourously over the top arty, where I just found myself fast-forwarding out of irritation (such as the lift operator dragging himself across the carpet after being fired, and the angel desdending as time is stood still).
Part of the problem is Tim Robbins I think, I just don't feel he makes contact with an audience. Jennifer Jason leigh adopts an irritating and unconvincing accent also.
It just does not reach any depth of feeling.
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Hudsucker Proxy, The
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