Atlantic City

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Apr 18, 2019 So disappointing. If this was nominated for best picture than 1980 must have been a TERRIBLE year for film

Harry P Mar 25, 2019 Thumbs down for me. Just a bunch of pathetic characters doing pathetic stuff. I know that formula often works for critics but not me. 4.4 out of 10 See more

Theodore L Nov 23, 2018 Louis Malle's story about shattered dreams rebuilt of a May-December romantic twosome at the titular town plagued by crime and poverty is tenderheartedly told with sweet melancholy and illuminated by an Oscar-nominated performance from Burt Lancaster. See more

Rey P Jun 19, 2018 There's something quaint and a little bit corny here in Louis Malle's Atlantic City. We're treated to aging Burt Lancaster offered a glimpse of past glories (that may never have been) in a city that has also seen better days. There's a rough and gritty 1970s look (the clothes, the cars, the hair, the attitudes, the telephones) that you can't really be nostalgic for, except somehow you are. (And sitting here in the 10s, missing the 70s in a movie where they miss the 40s is pretty weird). Everyone's down at the heels, including thirty-something Susan Sarandon who works at an oyster bar and wants to be a casino dealer (encouraged by Michel Piccoli, in a bit part as the casino owner). Then a drug deal gone bad places Burt (playing Lou, a former numbers-runner for the mob but now a gigolo of sorts, walking the dog and rubbing the feet of a dead mobster's widow) in the right place at the right time. So, he attempts to claim some nobility until the real drug dealers figure things out. Although Lancaster and Sarandon give strong and "real" performances, the rest of the characters here veer toward caricature (the corny part) but there's a warm and endearing feel nevertheless. Not perfect by any means but this French look at fading America captures something wistful in the air (before the 80s need for greed quashed it). See more

Hagrid W Feb 11, 2018 I watched this after visiting Atlantic City and the film certainly catches something of the place and the people it attracts. And the performances are good too. But this is very dated, particularly in its portrayal of Sally, the central female character. It is very hard to believe any woman would fall for a man who tells her he has been spying on her, let alone one old enough to be her grandfather. So unless you have a special reason to watch this as l did, do not bother. See more

Rey P Apr 14, 2017 A masterpiece. This is one of those movies very few filmmakers get the chance to make in a lifetime. Bravo Louis!

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