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Directed by: Martin Brest Starring: Robert DeNiro, Charles Grodin, Yaphet Kotto, John Ashton Of all the action/comedies made in the 80's (and yes, there were plenty), this is among the best, if not the number one best. Barely a second of film is wasted, with more twists and turns and fun scenes packed into it than any three other similar movies. Besides two terrific leads who play off each other beautifully, there's a great cast of supporting characters (Philip Baker Hall! Yaphet Kotto! Joey Pants! Dennis Farina!). Even the hokey parts are good, though the freight train scene pushes the corn-o-meter into the red a little bit. One can almost envision this as a comedy from the classic black & white era, maybe even a French one. Interestingly, the director and writer both went on to have lousy careers. Martin Brest (who, for some reason, cranks out films slower than Kubrick) wrote, produced and directed the mega-bomb Gigli, and George Gallo's latest screenplay is The Whole Ten Yards. Yuck! Brest also did Scent of a Woman, a movie I loathe. RATING: 5 PROS: funny, paced perfectly, great characters CONS: formulaic ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095631/
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Charles Grodin is a great comedic actor, and it's a pity he never gets the attention he deserves. This kind of movie has been done many times before and after, but rarely, if ever as skillfully. It does have a sort of Preston Sturges feel to it, though maybe not as screwballish.
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