Production Company(ies)
Mosfilm Vtoroe Tvorcheskoe Obedinenie
 
Distributor
NA
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Gowanus Housing Projects, Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for strong graphic violence, strong language and drug content
 
Year of Release
1995
 

 
Genre(s)
Drama
 
Keyword(s)
starring Harvey Keitel, John Turturro, Delroy Lindo, Mekhi Phifer, Isaiah Washington, Keith David, directed by Spike Lee, written by Richard Price and Spike Lee, drama, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Juan M Mendez, Janet Maslin, Michael Wilmington, Carol Buckland, David Ansen, Jason Bailey, Alistair Lawrence, Margaret A McGurk, David Sterritt, Steve Persall, Rod Dreher, MPAA rating R, drug dealer, homicide detective, crime drama, urban epic, tragic, powerful, urgent message, family man, virtuous, cover up, street drug dealer, drug dealing, drug addiction, drug trade, police investigation, murder investigation, New York City, Brooklyn, violence, corruption, poverty, racial tension, social commentary, police brutality, inner-city life, gang violence, drug war, drug culture, drug trafficking, drug lord, organized crime, drug-related crime, drug overdose, drug abuse, drug rehabilitation, drug treatment, drug recovery, drug prevention, drug education, drug policy, drug laws, drug enforcement, drug legalization, drug decriminalization, drug reform
 

Cast & Crew

Harvey Keitel

John Turturro

Delroy Lindo

Mekhi Phifer

Isaiah Washington

Det. Rocco Klein

Det. Larry Mazilli

Rodney Little

Ronald “Strike” Dunham

Victor Dunham

Harvey Keitel – Det. Rocco Klein
John Turturro – Det. Larry Mazilli
Delroy Lindo – Rodney Little
Mekhi Phifer – Ronald “Strike” Dunham
Isaiah Washington – Victor Dunham
Keith David – André the Giant

 

Spike Lee

Richard Price

Spike Lee

Martin Scorsese

Jon Kilik

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Spike Lee
 
Writer(s)
Richard Price, Spike Lee
 
Producer(s)
Spike Lee, Martin Scorsese, Jon Kilik

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
6 nominations
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Juan M. Mendez

Janet Maslin

Michael Wilmington

Carol Buckland

David Ansen

New York Daily News

New York Times

Chicago Tribune

CNN.com

Newsweek

CLOCKERS
 All Critics (61) | Top Critics (21) | Fresh (44) | Rotten (17)
 With Clockers, director Spike Lee achieves his best work so far.
 
 August 18, 2021 | Rating: 4/4
 
 Juan M. Mendez
 New York Daily News
 TOP CRITIC
 A story told with mournful, epic vision that rises high above its grim setting.
 
 April 9, 2020
 
 Janet Maslin
 New York Times
 TOP CRITIC
 In many ways, it’s better than the book it’s taken from: tighter, tauter, with a deeper vein of sadness opening underneath.
 
 April 9, 2020 | Rating: 4/4
 
 Michael Wilmington
 Chicago Tribune
 TOP CRITIC
 “Clockers” is as grim as it is good. This is not an”entertaining” popcorn- type movie. It’s timely. It’s tragic in many ways. And it leaves a provocative and lasting impression.
 
 April 9, 2020
 
 Carol Buckland
 CNN.com
 TOP CRITIC
 Clockers may be Lee’s strongest film since Do the Right Thing, but he runs into trouble at the end when he tries to tie up all his threads in neat bows…the passion of this raw, mournful urban epic remains in spite of the false moves.
 
 February 26, 2018
 
 David Ansen
 Newsweek
 TOP CRITIC
 There’s no denying the movie’s greatness: the depth of the characters, the urgency of its narrative, the nightmarishness of its vision.
 
 August 16, 2016
 
 Jason Bailey
 Flavorwire
 TOP CRITIC
 Clockers is of its time and now feels slightly dated because of it… But it remains a well-crafted crime drama and feels real and true enough to still hit close to home.
 
 December 2, 2021 | Rating: 4/5
 
 Alistair Lawrence
 Common Sense Media
 Clockers is a tremendous film — and a major addition to the work of a vibrantly talented director.
 
 August 19, 2021 | Rating: 4/4
 
 Margaret A. McGurk
 Cincinnati Enquirer
 ”Clockers” remains a major work by a major film artist, but its cinematic achievements are diminished by its narrative and psychological shortcomings.
 
 April 9, 2020
 
 David Sterritt
 Christian Science Monitor
 Strong performances, edgy dialogue and Lee’s success in luring an audience into his own tempo and urgent perspective make Clockers tough stuff, indeed.
 
 April 9, 2020 | Rating: B+
 
 Steve Persall
 Tampa Bay Times
 What all but sinks Clockers is its muddled script, an indulgent mess that is by turns dull and disorienting.
 
 April 9, 2020
 
 Rod Dreher
 South Florida Sun-Sentinel
 This harrowing portrait of a young, ulcer- ridden, low-level drug dealer, or “clocker,” adds up to the director’s best film since “Do the Right Thing.”
 
 April 9, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/4
 
 Malcolm Johnson
 Hartford Courant…

 

Plot
Strike is a young city drug pusher under the tutelage of drug-lord Rodney Little, who, when not playing with model trains or drinking Moo for his ulcer, just likes to chill with his brothers near the benches outside the project houses. When a night man at a fast-food restaurant is found with four bullets in his body, Strike’s older brother turns himself in as the killer. Det. Rocco Klein doesn’t buy the story, however, and sets out to find the truth, and it seems that all the fingers point toward Strike & Rodney.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
There is no goofy or funny or odd comment about the film Clockers on Fresh Kernels.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Bluemark Productions, C-Hundred Film Corporation, Civilian Pictures,
 
Distributor
United Artists
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Glen Coe, Highland, Scotland, UK
 
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for violence and sexuality
 
Year of Release
1995
 

 
Genre(s)
Biography/Drama
 
Keyword(s)

Cast & Crew

Anders Danielsen Lie

Aksel

Maria Grazia Di Meo

Sunniva

Renate Reinsve

Aksel

Sunniva

Julie

Eivind

Ole Magnus

Anders Danielsen Lie – Aksel
Maria Grazia Di Meo – Sunniva
Renate Reinsve – Julie
Herbert Nordrum – Eivind
Hans Olav Brenner – Ole Magnus
Silje Storstein – Self (Cast & Crew)

 

Michael Caton-Jones

Alan Sharp

Peter Broughan

Richard Jackson

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Michael Caton-Jones
 
Writer(s)
Alan Sharp
 
Producer(s)
Peter Broughan, Richard Jackson

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
Nominated for 1 Oscar
2 wins & 5 nominations total
 
Academy Awards
Oscar Nominees
 

Top Reviews

Owen Gleiberman

Todd McCarthy

Steven D. Greydanus

Geoff Andrew

Janet Maslin

Entertainment Weekly

Variety

Decent Films

Time Out

New York Times

ROB ROY
 All Critics (44) | Top Critics (14) | Fresh (32) | Rotten (12)
 September 7, 2011 | Rating: B+
 
 Owen Gleiberman
 Entertainment Weekly
 TOP CRITIC
 Rob Roy has its diversions, but they are unfortunately outweighed by some heavy baggage that contains not enough of substance.
 
 March 26, 2009
 
 Todd McCarthy
 Variety
 TOP CRITIC
 Where Braveheart was a guts-and-glory battlefield hymn to fortitude, Rob Roy is a more personal, more intelligent, and more wrenching exploration of honor, honesty, and loyalty.
 
 October 29, 2008 | Rating: A-
 
 Steven D. Greydanus
 Decent Films
 TOP CRITIC
 Neeson makes a less dashing action hero than did Day-Lewis, but he brings enough gravitas to his role to endow his love for his wife Mary (Lange) and his conflict with Cunningham with real emotional punch.
 
 February 9, 2006
 
 Geoff Andrew
 Time Out
 TOP CRITIC
 Rob Roy is best watched for local color and for its hearty, hot-blooded stars.
 
 May 20, 2003 | Rating: 3/4
 
 Janet Maslin
 New York Times
 TOP CRITIC
 With such a cast and the setting of the Highlands, plus a story with a gold mine of dramatic potential, it is a puzzle why Rob Roy is so uninvolving.
 
 June 18, 2002 | Rating: 2/4
 
 Peter Stack
 San Francisco Chronicle
 TOP CRITIC
 The first point to make about Alan Sharp’s script is that it travesties history, bearing only the flimsiest resemblance to the facts of Rob’s life… The second point is that it’s one of the best screenplays of the last decade.
 
 December 13, 2017
 
 Quentin Curtis
 Independent on Sunday
 April 6, 2008 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Cole Smithey
 ColeSmithey.com
 May 7, 2007 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Chuck O’Leary
 FulvueDrive-in.com
 Rob Roy benefits from a smart script and fine performances by art house regulars Tim Roth and Eric Stoltz, as well as Hollywood stars Liam Neeson and Jessica Lange.
 
 May 26, 2006 | Rating: 3.5/4
 
 Jeffrey M. Anderson
 Combustible Celluloid
 This historical epic is slightly anachronistic, but the acting of Liam Neeson in the lead and especially Tim Roth as the villain is excellent.
 
 July 4, 2005 | Rating: C+
 
 Emanuel Levy
 EmanuelLevy.Com
 In their devotion, fiery love scenes, and mutual respect, Neeson and Lange have made marriage more appealing and admirable than any movie has in years.
 
 January 15, 2005 | Rating: A-
 
 Jeffrey Overstreet
 Looking Closer…

 

Plot
In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future, by borrowing money from the local nobility to buy cattle to herd to market. When the money is stolen, Rob is forced into a Robin Hood lifestyle to defend his family and honor.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
NA
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Warner Bros.,
 
Distributor
20th Century Fox, Argentina Video Home
 
Release Type

 
Filming Location(s)
Seven Mile Bridge, Florida Keys, Florida, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for a lot of action/violence and some language
 
Year of Release
1994
 

 
Genre(s)
Action/Comedy
 
Keyword(s)
starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold, Bill Paxton, Tia Carrere, Art Malik, directed by James Cameron, written by James Cameron, produced by Stephanie Austin and James Cameron, action, comedy, R rating, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Duane Byrge, Caroline Westbrook, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Brian Lowry, Geoff Andrew, Caryn James, Jas Keimig, Mike Massie, Drew Dietsch, Alex Maidy, Malcolm Johnson, Bill Clark, Arnold Schwarzenegger as Harry Tasker, Jamie Lee Curtis as Helen Tasker, Tom Arnold as Albert Gibson, Bill Paxton as Simon, Tia Carrere as Juno Skinner, Art Malik as Salim Abu Aziz
 

Cast & Crew

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Jamie Lee Curtis

Tom Arnold

Bill Paxton

Tia Carrere

Harry Tasker

Helen Tasker

Albert Gibson

Simon

Juno Skinner

Arnold Schwarzenegger – Harry Tasker
Jamie Lee Curtis – Helen Tasker
Tom Arnold – Albert Gibson
Bill Paxton – Simon
Tia Carrere – Juno Skinner
Art Malik – Salim Abu Aziz

 

James Cameron

James Cameron

Stephanie Austin

James Cameron

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
James Cameron
 
Writer(s)
James Cameron
 
Producer(s)
Stephanie Austin, James Cameron

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
Nominated for 1 Oscar
8 wins & 23 nominations total
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Duane Byrge

Caroline Westbrook

Jonathan Rosenbaum

Brian Lowry

Geoff Andrew

Hollywood Reporter

Empire Magazine

Chicago Reader

Variety

Time Out

TRUE LIES
 All Critics (52) | Top Critics (13) | Fresh (36) | Rotten (16)
 Schwarzenegger’s comic confidence and good-guy tenacity are a perfect balance, while Curtis wins our sympathy as his repressed wife, showing some deadpan drollery of her own.
 
 July 16, 2019
 
 Duane Byrge
 Hollywood Reporter
 TOP CRITIC
 Proves that throwing everything at the camera sometimes works a treat.
 
 May 24, 2011 | Rating: 4/5
 
 Caroline Westbrook
 Empire Magazine
 TOP CRITIC
 If the Gulf War gave you an insatiable taste for burning oil and burning Arabs, this extravaganza will tide you over for at least a couple of days.
 
 December 11, 2009
 
 Jonathan Rosenbaum
 Chicago Reader
 TOP CRITIC
 Providing its share of fun in stretches, pic ultimately overstays its welcome with a level of mayhem that will simply feel like too much for any marginal fan of the genre.
 
 January 23, 2009
 
 Brian Lowry
 Variety
 TOP CRITIC
 Half the time, this hi-tech action movie delivers, in a mindless kind of way: it’s fast, crude and has enough explosions and cartoon-style violence to satisfy our baser instincts.
 
 June 24, 2006
 
 Geoff Andrew
 Time Out
 TOP CRITIC
 As this comedy of manners unfolds, it is played for all-out action as well as satiric humor.
 
 May 20, 2003 | Rating: 3.5/5
 
 Caryn James
 New York Times
 TOP CRITIC
 A Cameronian slog of epic proportions featuring a lot of complicated action scenes, bombs, and racist portrayals of people from the Middle East, all led by Schwarzenegger whose charm dulled with the new millennium.
 
 January 5, 2022
 
 Jas Keimig
 The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
 A lot of the amusement springs from the fact that the bad guys get it real good, as only the likes of the musclebound Schwarzenegger can render.
 
 September 25, 2020 | Rating: 10/10
 
 Mike Massie
 Gone With The Twins
 True Lies is a good but not great movie. It has phenomenal set pieces and a good cast, but it’s tough to totally argue for a movie with such bad things attached to it
 
 June 25, 2020
 
 Drew Dietsch
 Giant Freakin Robot
 TRUE LIES should get a remake and benefit from all of the special effects breakthroughs that James Cameron has championed in the last twenty-five years and get rid of the basic racism and sexism that otherwise besmirch a fun, action-packed movie.
 
 May 24, 2019 | Rating: 5/10
 
 Alex Maidy
 JoBlo’s Movie Network
 After Harry handily humiliates Simon at every turn, True Lies charges back into its anti-Arab jihad.
 
 May 30, 2018
 
 Malcolm Johnson
 Hartford Courant
 Writer/director James Cameron has made his fair share of groundbreaking, great movies, but pound for pound True Lies is his most flat-out entertaining.
 
 July 15, 2014 | Rating: A
 
 Bill Clark
 FromTheBalcony…

 

Plot
Harry Tasker (Arnold Schwarzenegger) leads a double life. At work he is a government agent with a license to do just about anything, while at home he pretends to be a dull computer salesman. He is on the trail of stolen nuclear weapons that are in the hands of fanatic terrorists when something more important comes up. Harry finds his wife is seeing another man (Bill Paxton) because she needs some adventure in her life. Harry decides to give it to her, juggling pursuit of terrorists on one hand and an adventure for his wife on the other while showing he can Tango all at once.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
There is no goofy or funny comment about the film True Lies on Fresh Kernels.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures,
 
Distributor
NA
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
1911 Hone Avenue, Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
Rated NC-17 for sexual violence, strong sexual situations & dialogue, graphic drug use
 
Year of Release
1992
 

 
Genre(s)
Crime/Drama
 
Keyword(s)
Bad Lieutenant, Harvey Keitel, Abel Ferrara, Edward R Pressman, Mary Kane, Crime, Drama, NC-17, $47.5K, reviewed by Peter Rainer, Rolling Stone, Sheila Johnston, Jeremiah Kipp, Duane Byrge, Clark Collis, Richard Propes, C.H Newell, Gary Shannon, Vanessa Letts, Malcolm Johnson, Sean Burns, corrupt cop, gambling debt, sexual harassment, teenage girls, embezzlement, drugs, mob lackey, ultimatum, $50,000 reward, thugs, raped a nun, redemption, Harvey Keitel as The Lieutenant, Frankie Thorn as The Nun, Zoë Lund as Zoe, Anthony Ruggiero as Lite, Eddie Daniels as Jersey Girl, Bianca Hunter as Jersey Girl – Passenger
 

Cast & Crew

Harvey Keitel

Frankie Thorn

Zoë Lund

Anthony Ruggiero

Eddie Daniels

The Lieutenant

The Nun

Zoe

Lite

Jersey Girl (driver)

Harvey Keitel – The Lieutenant
Frankie Thorn – The Nun
Zoë Lund – Zoe
Anthony Ruggiero – Lite
Eddie Daniels – Jersey Girl (driver)
Bianca Hunter – Jersey Girl – Passenger

 

Abel Ferrara

Abel Ferrara

Edward R. Pressman

Mary Kane

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Abel Ferrara
 
Writer(s)
Abel Ferrara
 
Producer(s)
Edward R. Pressman, Mary Kane

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
2 wins & 5 nominations
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Peter Rainer

Peter Travers

Sheila Johnston

Jeremiah Kipp

Duane Byrge

Los Angeles Times

Rolling Stone

Independent (UK)

Slant Magazine

Hollywood Reporter

BAD LIEUTENANT
 All Critics (48) | Top Critics (20) | Fresh (37) | Rotten (11)
 [Keitel] keeps us watching his descent without wanting to look away. Only an actor with tremendous reserves of power could accomplish that.
 
 January 8, 2019
 
 Peter Rainer
 Los Angeles Times
 TOP CRITIC
 It’s a powerhouse performance in a film of jabbing intensity and wit.
 
 January 8, 2019
 
 Peter Travers
 Rolling Stone
 TOP CRITIC
 This is bull of a very high order.
 
 November 13, 2017
 
 Sheila Johnston
 Independent (UK)
 TOP CRITIC
 Ferrara was in the right place at the right time to make Bad Lieutenant.
 
 August 5, 2009 | Rating: 4/4
 
 Jeremiah Kipp
 Slant Magazine
 TOP CRITIC
 Members of the gutter-al elite will be the sole survivors.
 
 April 9, 2008
 
 Duane Byrge
 Hollywood Reporter
 TOP CRITIC
 Keitel is onscreen for pretty much the entire movie and clearly relishes the opportunity of playing someone not so much teetering on the abyss as leaping off with a grand piano manacled to each ankle.
 
 April 9, 2008 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Clark Collis
 Empire Magazine
 TOP CRITIC
 Keitel’s performance is courageous, almost psychotic, because it is deeply and profoundly authentic.
 
 September 2, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/4.0
 
 Richard Propes
 TheIndependentCritic.com
 Ferrara uses this fictional piece to penetrate the corrupt soul of a dirty rotten cop when he is confronted with something more terrible than even himself.
 
 May 3, 2019 | Rating: 4.5/5
 
 C.H. Newell
 Father Son Holy Gore
 The greatest New York City depiction of repentance in the deepest, darkest slums of the human soul since Scorsese’s “Mean Streets.”
 
 January 7, 2019 | Rating: 8/10
 
 Gary Shannon
 The Young Folks
 As emptily defiant as a bit of graffiti on the base of a dustbin.
 
 July 24, 2018
 
 Vanessa Letts
 The Spectator
 Bad Lieutenant generates a fascination of abominations as Ferrara drives home his message about police corruption — with Keitel’s cop as the avatar of everything sick and evil in perverted law enforcement.
 
 May 30, 2018
 
 Malcolm Johnson
 Hartford Courant
 It’s a movie of wall-to-wall depravity and profound spiritual longing, at once one of the dirtiest and most deeply religious pictures I’ve ever seen.
 
 May 17, 2018
 
 Sean Burns
 The ARTery…

 

Plot
A police Lieutenant goes about his daily tasks of investigating homicides, but is more interested in pursuing his vices. He has accumulated a massive debt betting on baseball, and he keeps doubling to try to recover. His bookies are beginning to get agitated. The Lieutenant does copious amounts of drugs, cavorts with prostitutes, and uses his status to take advantage of teenage girls. While investigating a nun’s rape, he begins to reflect on his lifestyle.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Fresh Kernels praises Harvey Keitel’s “powerhouse performance” in Bad Lieutenant, calling it “courageous, almost psychotic, because it is deeply and profoundly authentic.”
 

 
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Production Company(ies)

 
Distributor
Columbia Pictures
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, New Mexico, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
PG-13
 
Year of Release
1991
 

 
Genre(s)
Comedy
 
Keyword(s)
starring Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Bruno Kirby, Patricia Wettig, Helen Slater, Jack Palance, directed by Ron Underwood, written by Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel, comedy, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Jonathan Rosenbaum, Jeff Menell, Owen Gleiberman, Janet Maslin, Mike Massie, PG-13, Irby Smith, Columbia Pictures, Surround, Dolby SR, 35mm, midlife crisis, cattle drive, Southwest, masculinity, gruff cowboy, danger, bonding, aging, ensemble cast, emotional, witty, dry, urban life, friendship, adventure, hillarious
 

Cast & Crew

Billy Crystal

Daniel Stern

Bruno Kirby

Patricia Wettig

Helen Slater

Mitch Robbins

Phil Berquist

Ed Furillo

Barbara Robbins

Bonnie Rayburn

Billy Crystal – Mitch Robbins
Daniel Stern – Phil Berquist
Bruno Kirby – Ed Furillo
Patricia Wettig – Barbara Robbins
Helen Slater – Bonnie Rayburn
Jack Palance – Curly Washburn

 

Ron Underwood

Lowell Ganz

Irby Smith

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Ron Underwood
 
Writer(s)
Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel
 
Producer(s)
Irby Smith

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
Won 1 Oscar
8 wins & 7 nominations total
 
Academy Awards
Oscar Winners
 

Top Reviews

Jonathan Rosenbaum

Jeff Menell

Owen Gleiberman

Variety Staff

Arthur Ryel-Lindsey

Chicago Reader

Hollywood Reporter

Entertainment Weekly

Variety

Slant Magazine

CITY SLICKERS
 All Critics (43) | Top Critics (10) | Fresh (39) | Rotten (4)
 A diverting if bumpy ride…
 
 August 11, 2020
 
 Jonathan Rosenbaum
 Chicago Reader
 TOP CRITIC
 City Slickers is one cattle drive you won’t want to miss.
 
 June 7, 2017
 
 Jeff Menell
 Hollywood Reporter
 TOP CRITIC
 City Slickers is really about how the West can never be more than a dream to contemporary urban Americans. With high comic style, it shows us what a lovely dream that is.
 
 September 7, 2011 | Rating: A-
 
 Owen Gleiberman
 Entertainment Weekly
 TOP CRITIC
 Director Ron Underwood (who made his feature debut on Tremors) generally keeps the herd moving at a fine pace.
 
 March 26, 2009
 
 Variety Staff
 Variety
 TOP CRITIC
 A comedy that was and is ambitious and counterintuitive.
 
 June 2, 2008 | Rating: 3.5/4
 
 Arthur Ryel-Lindsey
 Slant Magazine
 TOP CRITIC
 Fortunately, Mr. Crystal is an enjoyable enough comic presence to generate good will and keep the film feeling reasonably smooth.
 
 May 20, 2003
 
 Janet Maslin
 New York Times
 TOP CRITIC
 Billy Crystal displays his typical brand of humor, fittingly embodying a role written for him, while Palance’s gravelly-voiced persona is unforgettable.
 
 September 11, 2020 | Rating: 8/10
 
 Mike Massie
 Gone With The Twins
 An engaging, expertly played piece, which gently pokes fun at both midlife crises and the Wild West.
 
 August 11, 2020 | Rating: 4/5
 
 John Ferguson
 Radio Times
 The first half of this film is very funny, in a Hee Haw vs. thirtysomething way.
 
 August 11, 2020
 
 Ralph Novak
 People Magazine
 One of those rare cinematic happenings: a movie that deftly combines laughs with sentiment and an occasionally serious thought.
 
 August 11, 2020 | Rating: 4/4
 
 Lou Cedrone
 Baltimore Sun
 Many of the character exchanges are priceless (including a discussion on how to properly program a VCR), and the performances are uniformly fine.
 
 March 14, 2019 | Rating: 3/4
 
 Matt Brunson
 Film Frenzy
 Crystal’s then-hegemonic stardom constantly realigns the film into his, not his character’s, orbit.
 
 November 27, 2018
 
 David Bax
 Battleship Pretension…

 

Plot
Mitch is a middle aged big-city radio ads salesman. He and his friends Ed and Phil are having mid-life crisis. They decide the best birthday gift is to go on a two week holiday in the wild west driving cattle from New Mexico to Colorado. There they meet cowboy Curly who not only teaches them how to become real cowboys, but also one or two other things about life in the open air of the west.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
No goofy or funny comments were found in the Fresh Kernels database for City Slickers.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Marvel Studios, Walt Disney Pictures,
 
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
 
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
 
Filming Location(s)
Bimini Airport, South Bimini Island, Bimini Islands, Bahamas
 
MPAA / Certificate
R
 
Year of Release
1991
 

 
Genre(s)
Drama
 
Keyword(s)
starring Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Liam Neeson, Tadanobu Asano, Ciarán Hinds, Issei Ogata, Shin’ya Tsukamoto, directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Martin Scorsese, Jay Cocks, drama, R rating, box office gross $7.1M, reviewed by Wenlei Ma, Claudia Puig, Amy Nicholson, Peter Rainer, Adam Graham, Max Weiss, Brian Eggert, David Gonzalez, Dustin Chang, Kip Mooney, Matt Brunson, Ian Brill, two 17th-century Portuguese missionaries, Father Sebastian Rodrigues, Father Francisco Garupe, journey to Japan, Christian villagers, outlawed Catholicism, feudal lords, ruling samurai, spirituality, human nature, Martin Scorsese, Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Randall Emmett, Barbara De Fina, Gastón Pavlovich, Irwin Winkler, Vittorio Cecchi Gori, Paramount Pictures
 

Cast & Crew

Andrew Garfield

Adam Driver

Tadanobu Asano

Ciarán Hinds

Issei Ogata

Rodrigues

Father Garupe

Interpreter

Valignano

Old Samurai

Andrew Garfield – Rodrigues
Adam Driver – Father Garupe
Tadanobu Asano – Interpreter
Ciarán Hinds – Valignano
Issei Ogata – Old Samurai, Inoue
Shin’ya Tsukamoto – Mokichi

 

Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese

Emma Tillinger Koskoff

Randall Emmett

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Martin Scorsese
 
Writer(s)
Martin Scorsese, Jay Cocks
 
Producer(s)
Martin Scorsese, Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Randall Emmett, Barbara De Fina, Gastón Pavlovich, Irwin Winkler, Vittorio Cecchi Gori

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
Won 5 Oscars
69 wins & 51 nominations total
 
Academy Awards
Oscar Nominees
 

Top Reviews

Wenlei Ma

Claudia Puig

Amy Nicholson

Peter Rainer

Adam Graham

News.com.au

The Asahi Shimbun GLOBE

MTV

Christian Science Monitor

Detroit News

SILENCE
 All Critics (289) | Top Critics (69) | Fresh (239) | Rotten (50)
 While it is certainly more like an endurance race than a stroll through the park, there is something redeeming in its cinematic beauty.
 
 February 15, 2017 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Wenlei Ma
 News.com.au
 TOP CRITIC
 While the craftsmanship is undeniable and the themes of spiritual belief, betrayal and redemption are laudable, the film feels flat and not as emotional or moving as it should be.
 
 February 2, 2017 | Rating: 2.5/4
 
 Claudia Puig
 The Asahi Shimbun GLOBE (Japan)
 TOP CRITIC
 Scorsese doesn’t glorify martyrdom, and he doesn’t even hate the killers. He makes death as blunt and dull and useless as a snapped pencil. The point is that there is no point.
 
 January 13, 2017 | Rating: B+
 
 Amy Nicholson
 MTV
 TOP CRITIC
 Alternately powerful and somnolent.
 
 January 13, 2017 | Rating: B
 
 Peter Rainer
 Christian Science Monitor
 TOP CRITIC
 For those not exulted by the inner-workings of devotion, it’s a slog.
 
 January 13, 2017 | Rating: C
 
 Adam Graham
 Detroit News
 TOP CRITIC
 Not all so-called passion projects are able to convey actual passion on screen. This one does. Silence feels like both an ardent reaffirmation of faith and a lonely cry out to God in the dark.
 
 January 12, 2017 | Rating: 3.5/4
 
 Max Weiss
 Baltimore Magazine
 TOP CRITIC
 No matter what you believe, Scorsese’s film tests its audience with a picture that maintains an uncompromising austerity toward its purpose, yet it proves easier to appreciate than enjoy.
 
 April 5, 2022 | Rating: 3.5/4
 
 Brian Eggert
 Deep Focus Review
 Silence is an example that with passion a film can work when the man behind the project is as motivated and talented as Mr. Scorsese.
 
 February 18, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
 
 David Gonzalez
 Reel Talk Inc.
 Silence is a somber film full of stellar performances. It reminds me of Scorsese’s Kundun, in terms of theme and scale. I just wish he does more of these films instead of gangster flicks.
 
 January 8, 2022
 
 Dustin Chang
 Floating World
 [Scorsese’s] most challenging film to date: a movie that provokes big questions about faith, selfishness, pride and wisdom.
 
 August 28, 2021 | Rating: A
 
 Kip Mooney
 College Movie Review
 Silence is an uncomfortable and unsettling watch, better at generating questions than supplying answers — which, come to think of it, is perhaps the proper outcome for a film of this nature.
 
 August 17, 2021 | Rating: 3/4
 
 Matt Brunson
 Film Frenzy
 Scorsese delivers another film that is incredibly forceful in its narrative while perfectly ambiguous in its conclusions, while still being fulfilling and thought-provoking.
 
 April 13, 2021
 
 Ian Brill
 Battleship Pretension…

 

Plot
F.B.I. trainee Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) works hard to advance her career, while trying to hide or put behind her West Virginia roots, of which if some knew, would automatically classify her as being backward or white trash. After graduation, she aspires to work in the agency’s Behavioral Science Unit under the leadership of Jack Crawford (Scott Glenn). While she is still a trainee, Crawford asks her to question Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Sir Anthony Hopkins), a psychiatrist imprisoned, thus far, for eight years in maximum security isolation for being a serial killer who cannibalized his victims. Clarice is able to figure out the assignment is to pick Lecter’s brains to help them solve another serial murder case, that of someone coined by the media as “Buffalo Bill” (Ted Levine), who has so far killed five victims, all located in the eastern U.S., all young women, who are slightly overweight (especially around the hips), all who were drowned in natural bodies of water, and all who were stripped of large swaths of skin. She also figures that Crawford chose her, as a woman, to be able to trigger some emotional response from Lecter. After speaking to Lecter for the first time, she realizes that everything with him will be a psychological game, with her often having to read between the very cryptic lines he provides. She has to decide how much she will play along, as his request in return for talking to him is to expose herself emotionally to him. The case takes a more dire turn when a sixth victim is discovered, this one from who they are able to retrieve a key piece of evidence, if Lecter is being forthright as to its meaning. A potential seventh victim is high profile Catherine Martin (Brooke Smith), the daughter of Senator Ruth Martin (Diane Baker), which places greater scrutiny on the case as they search for a hopefully still alive Catherine. Who may factor into what happens is Dr. Frederick Chilton (Anthony Heald), the warden at the prison, an opportunist who sees the higher profile with Catherine, meaning a higher profile for himself if he can insert himself successfully into the proceedings.
 
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