Actuakers
One of my all time favorites.
Mjeteconer
Just perfect...
VeteranLight
I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.
Lidia Draper
Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.
jackasstrange
Let me start saying that i really tried to like this film. DeNiro is one of my favorite actors, and is an excellent actor, so is Duvall, but...that's impossible to like this film. It's too bad for anyone to like it. I have a highlight for the ripped-off marriage scene from the Godfather. It's perhaps the nicest thing that i've to say about this film, if that is saying too much. The plot is fairly nonsense. It goes around, comes back, and keep doing circles, but never go ahead until the last ten minutes, when the film suddenly ends. It's also one of these films which don't has any conflicts, and a thriller without any conflicts isn't a thriller. In fact, it looked more as a drama film with a crime investigation theme. Better, a nouvelle Vaguè film with a crime investigation. However, a crucial difference between this film and the conventional nouvelle vague, apart from the superior story- telling, it is while the latter is joking about the films, this one is the joke itself. The character development is also an abomination, but i'm sure that it isn't even worth mentioning. The characters just pop out and start doing things without any solid reason. So don't waste your time and skip this film. You aren't losing nothing. 3.7/10
PimpinAinttEasy
This one is probably less well known than THE LAST TYCOON despite the star cast - De Niro, Duvall and Durning. The confrontation scene between Durning and Duvall was great - it was pretty violent and ugly, the two of them sort of exploded on screen. I wish the film had more explosive scenes like that. Despite the understated tone of the movie, I was never bored. And i guess guess that is mainly because of the mesmerizing performances by De Niro and Duvall. De Niro must have done this right after THE RAGING BULL. Here he plays a solemn but ambitious priest in direct contrast to his aggressive detective brother played by Duvall.The film was based on John Gregory Dunne's novel and was adapted by none other than Joan Didion (PANIC IN NEEDLE PARK) and Dunne who was her husband.
nomoons11
This was a really good little film. It takes a look at the Black Dahlia killing but it mainly focuses on the relationships between the people. Even though they look and figure out who the killer is, it's a secondary part of the story. The Black Dahlia part in this movie is not accurate to the facts from the real case but it's not really suppose to be. Catholic Church corruption, prostitution and murder all combined for a really quiet meaningful little flick.Long before L.A. Confidential, this film made light of the massive corruption and lack of caring in the L.A. police department back in it's bad years from the 20's through the 50's. You'll be glad you didn't live there back in those days.No action but high on drama/thriller twists and turns. If you like L.A. Confidential, see this. I'm willing to bet, you'll like it.
nifnn
I thought this movie was OK. I'm a huge Robert De Niro fan and whilst this is probably one of his weaker movies and I thought his performance is top notch here again. He's brilliantly convincing as a young catholic priest and plays the role very gently & with great empathy, its almost like he's whispering through the whole film, I don't know if any other actor could do a better job. Robert Duvall is excellent too as a tempesterous cop, brother of the priest, & there is wonderful chemistry between the two actors. For this alone this film is worth seeing.As for the movie itself, well, at times I found it difficult to know what is exactly going on and I felt the movie could have gone a bit faster pace and there could have been more dialogue in places to explain certain things. Its a type of film that sort of leaves the viewer to make their own mind about certain issues such as corruption in the catholic church, prostitution, & sibling relationships.
