Night Moves
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Movie Reviews of Night Moves
Movie Review: Slow Boat to China
Summary: 3 Stars
I had noticed "Night Moves" inclusion in the "New York Times Best 1000 Movies". I like a good detective movie and I was looking forward to seeing it which I did last night. I was disappointed in the movie. In all fairness, my disappointment was borne in high expectations. However, I found the plot unnecessarily complicated (many will probably like this aspect). The characters were too much. Our hero, for example, is a former All-Pro football player. Except for some access issues that could have easily been re-scripted to create the same scenarios, there was no need to create such an esoteric facet. We are treated to analysis of the private detective's incomplete relationship with his father which also took us aimlessly down a dead end. I could go on and on but the ending really caught me off guard. It wasn't until today I realized how impressive the conclusion was. The closing scene is of a small boat at sea. A person struggles to get the engine started. With great difficulty, this person is finally able to get the motor up to speed but was unable to steer the boat or see in what direction it was headed. I understood that the director was confessing his inadequacies. For such a marvelously symbolic statement, I gratefully offer him my absolution.Movie Review: An OK movie
Summary: 3 Stars
I had never heard of this movie until I ran across it on Amazon.com. I made the purchase because I like Gene Hackman in just about everything he does.
This is a reasonably entertaining movie, but not great. Some of the more interesting things about it are seeing a young James Woods and seeing near nude shots of a young Melanie Griffith.
I don't believe that I can honestly recommend that anyone purchase this movie because it is not one that would be watched many times. In fact, I believe I will donate this one to our local library. That way, this movie will be watched by folks that would not ordinarily purchase a copy.
Movie Review: Starts off stong then goes off the deep end
Summary: 3 Stars
Gene Hackman puts on a great performance in the 1975 Movie "Night Moves". Hackman is private eye Harry Moseby , a man in a mid-life crisis who's wife (Susan Clark ) is bored with the marriage, and take on a job finding a missing 16 year old girl .The first half of the movie is so good that I was expecting a masterwork from Director Arthur Penn . But the story and the plot get so busy and forced, that it looked like they threw too much in to the ending. This is no "Chinatown" as allot of reviews state, It is A Great movie gone wrong with some great acting from Hackman and Clark .Movie Review: Not Worth The Trouble Harry...
Summary: 2 Stars
Man did I want to like this movie.
Hackman is the best and the possibility of finding a mid-70s Gem was really tantalizing, but...this film is really, really mediocre.
First we have sub-plot city going on, bad mid life crisis stuff with Susan Clark and Hackman "Trying to communicate" about their failing relationship. It's tough on Hackmans character "Harry" see 'cause he used to be an NFL player and now he's reduced to being a private eye, she hates it, he does not want to give it up and everyone concerned gets a bad speech.
Don't get me wrong, this is no "MegaForce", where the film is so bad it becomes campy and actually enjoyable.
This is just...mediocre. Buy "Harper" with Paul Newman instead.