The Big Easy
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Movie Reviews of The Big Easy
Movie Review: ELLEN ELLEN ELLEN !
Summary: 5 Stars
Have I already told you that Ellen Barkin is my all-time favorite actress ? No ? O.K. It's done now. One of her most brilliant role was her part in THE BIG EASY directed by Jim McBride. She plays a New Orleans district attorney investigating corruption among city cops.How will she be able to persuade those cops that accepting 50 $ from a bar tender is as illegal than dealing drugs. Specially when these cops do a pretty good job by keeping the city clean. It's merely an affair of morale. The problem is that these cops consider their little paychecks as perfectly normal. And they don't feel guilty at all. Hard job for Ellen.
The cajun atmosphere is perfectly described by Jim McBride who is a master, since BREATHLESS, in the treatment of the colours. The ending of the movie is a masterpiece, McBride transforming an orange and yellow explosion in a sumptuous black and white image as pure as the justice and the morale.
THE BIG EASY is one of the best films noir of the eighties and his arrival on DVD was the most agreeable surprise of the beginning of 1999.
A DVD for El.. Nope ! for me.
Movie Review: The Big Easy
Summary: 5 Stars
McSwain reckons he's an honest cop, though he's happy to go along with the kickbacks from the precinct 'Widows and Orphans Fund'. When it comes to murder he's definitely on the right side and is irritated to find his latest investigation being followed by Anne Osborne from the D.A.'s office. Out of work they hit it off pretty quickly, making it difficult for Anne to handle when his more questionable activities come to light and she has to prosecute him. In turn McSwain starts to suspect that he's investigating something more than mob slayings. Dennis Quaid and Ellen Barkin have phenomenal chemistry in this movie as Remy McSwain and Anne Osborne. "The Big Easy" is a good straightforward thriller about police corruption, a little predictable, but with occasional clever touches. Just watch and enjoy.Movie Review: Light, sassy story about seedy dealings
Summary: 5 Stars
You don't have to be cajun to enjoy this really fine piece of movie making and acting. I don't know how I have ever missed this film before, anyway the fact it was made in '87 adds a litlle real nostalgia! Further, it was nice to see it on DVD. There's great local New Orleans atmosphere and great chemistry between the principle actors. It's got pace and even though the plot is a little fudged it didn't matter since I got the drift.I have jogged along those same levees as Ellen Barkin jogs in the movie (she plays the beautiful D.A.) If you are at a loss when renting, and heavens knows the pickings of current releases is way slim, grab this movie - on DVD. In fact, I shall probably add it to my collection.Movie Review: one of the best movies I have ever seen
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie has it all. Action, an excellent sound track with Cajun music, colorful characters, a touching love story, an exciting understandable plot, interesting scenery, comic relief and even dancing. The interior of the famous restaurant Tipitina's is the setting for one memorable scene. The crimes are not graphically violent. The story has an agenda which addresses social values without being preachy. The villians are flawed humans, not unbelievable monsters and the good guys are not modeled as saints. This is a film I have watched several times and I also bought the soundtrack. It is on my list of all time favorites.Movie Review: New Orleans and its Steamy Side
Summary: 5 Stars
It is official....I do not know a single woman who does not believe this is one of the sexiest movies ever made. Quaid and Barkin make the seamy side of New Orleans steamy!! An entertaining flick combining murder, mystery, cops and corruption with backdrops of zydeco and cajun' love between the stiff Barkin and fluid Quaid. As the town's sizzle melts her reserve away, the truths of who has been killing local gansters and drug dealers are revealed to these odd couple cops whose personal chemistry keeps pulling them back to each other and the difficult conclusions that must be discovered.