Midnight Run
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Movie Reviews of Midnight Run
Movie Review: Not just a "guy" movie
Summary: 5 Stars
It's one of the two funniest movies this old grandmother of 17 has ever seen. ("O Brother, Where Art Thou?" being the other.) I even bought the thing, and I find a movie worth buying about once a decade.
After DeNiro's first 150 utterances of the F-word (all in the first three minutes), its sheer reflexivity neutralizes the shock value. (Though the bleeped-out TV version I've seen once or twice is just as funny.)
BRILLIANT writing: not a false note in the dialogue, nothing that strains credulity or bogs down the story. Too many unforgettable lines to list. My favorite might be the exchange, toward the end, between DeNiro's Walsh and the FBI agent Mosely who's dogged him most of the movie. DeNiro's bloodied-but-unbowed cockiness and the total unexpectedness of Mosely's (grudging and quickly revoked) hint of a smile is one of the better moments in film history.
Alonzo Mosely: "What should be of paramount importance to you right now....is the fact that you're gonna spend 10 years in the penitentiary for impersonating a federal officer.
Jack Walsh: 10 years for impersonating a fed, uh?
Alonzo Mosely: 10 years.
Jack Walsh: How comes no one's after you? "
A surprisingly tender and uplifting movie, F-word or not.
Movie Review: 'Midnight Run': Overlooked and Unmatched.
Summary: 5 Stars
What do you define as a classic comedy? "Animal House?" "Young Frankenstein?" How 'bout "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World?" Good choices, one and all. But how about something a little less obvious?
I give you, "Midnight Run." No, it's not one you'd first think of, and in fact was overlooked during the AFI's recent celebration of Robert DeNiro's work. But "Midnight Run" IS a classic. Funny, intelligent, witty, this is a film for individuals whose sense of humor is matched by their i.q. and appreciation for perfect timing - something that DeNiro and co-star Charles Grotin display time and time again throughout this gem.
Director Martin Brest perfectly tempers comedy with action in the tale of bounty hunter, Jack Walsh (De Niro) and 'white collar criminal,' Jonathan Mardukus, a.k.a. "the Duke" (Grotin), as they travel across the lower 49 in an attempt to get the Duke to his bail bondsman (cunningly portrayed by Joe Pantoliano). Brest avoids the pitfalls of creating a slap-stick, low-end comedy and pulls off a major win. He allows Robert DeNiro and Charles Grotin both shine as each other's foils.
"Midnight Run" is a must for any movie collection.
Movie Review: re: all time funniest cop movie
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of the best all time comedies around. A great acting duo in De Niro/Grodin.
The script is well-done, it shows the character of both the main heroes' as they trekk across the country. When I'm angry, sad or depressed, I watch this and it brightens my mood.
Nothing gets me smiling more than seeing Jack Walsh, a cop turned bounty hunter outwit both the Mobsters and the FBI. This tale of friendship also lightens my heart, for it features two guys who go through a lot of trouble...but both finding what they want at the end:
Jack Walsh finds peace of mind, and John Mardukas gets his freedom.
The morale of the story is many, but the main one is: Always keep going for what you want, you'll get what you want eventually! [Jack's determination is incredible....considering how much he'd go through just to get his money, even from an un-Honorable, slimy Bail-Bondsman like Eddie Moscone!]
I would recommend it to kids, but families with protective bonds shouldn't watch it, due to the cussing and from the amount of cigarettes Jack Walsh smokes alone( Holy Smokes!, 28, I believe).
Movie Review: FAST-PACED, WHACKY, A DAZZLING TALE OF FRIENDSHIP AND MORALS
Summary: 5 Stars
One of the funniest films ever made that still manages to hold up an engaging plot. A total winner.It features some of the most genuinely stupid and amusing tough guys in the history of cinema, and a tantalizing slow burn by Deniro, a shortchanged ex-cop, who just wants a peaceful little coffee shop as payment for his decency and integrity. The comic chemistry between Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin is top-drawer. Surrounded on all side by ethical infants, these two characters at least know the difference between virtue and vice, and are ironically the moral backbone of the film.
Comedies that don't wallow in their humor are twice as much fun, and Midnight Run maintains a swift pace throughout. Situation-wise, it's a dynamo of action. I found the denouement to be quite moving as well, at the very least it provokes thought.
If you're looking for a comedy with depth, bite, wit and excitement, then catch Midnight Run. The DVD's spiffy special features quite simply reinforce my recommendation of purchasing this one, not just renting.
Movie Review: Max Entertainment
Summary: 5 Stars
I will admit to more than a little bias, as this is my favorite film, period. The byplay between DeNiro (in his first comedic role) and Charles Grodin is just precious -- Grodin as the carping accountant-on-the-lamb who drives bounty hunter DeNiro crazy in their cross-country jaunt. The dialog is snappy, the action first rate, and the supporting cast (Joe Pantoliano as the sleazy bail bondsman, Yaphet Kotto as the frustrated federal agent, and John Ashton as the competing bungling bounty hunter -- oh yes, and Dennis Farina as a truly nasty mob boss) could not be better. I watch it probably twice a year, and my daughter and I quote dialog which seems to apply to a myriad of our own life situations. First rate entertainment.Midnight Run [HD DVD]Midnight Run