The Italian Job
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Movie Reviews of The Italian Job
Movie Review: Great movie, despite the ending
Summary: 4 Stars
This movie was great. It is different then the remake, storywise. The one thing I didn't like about this movie was the ending-it wasn't resolved and I don't enjoy movies that end that way. If you can handle an unresolved ending, then the rest of the movie is well worth seeing...it really holds your attention.Movie Review: Worth it for the ending
Summary: 3 Stars
You said it, Mr McVarish! I was sitting here on Nov 19th thinking I'll watch TIJ, with Caine, again: it's a really silly, silly movie. I must be psychic. You stole my title. Anyway, this is a ludicrous, ridiculous film, made up of a lot of little disconnected sketches which don't really add up to a full-scale drawing. If there is a theme or a moral, it seems to be that whatever kind of car you drive, you'll be seeing it coming down the mountain, sooner or later. The camera just loved those spinning, crashing, blazing cars, and couldn't take its eye off them. Irene Handl was a natural genius; and I believe she was just like that in real life. Benny Hill was a bit wasted. Truly, nothing much made much sense in this story. Characters came and went, popped up improbably all over the place. Like Caine in the prison toilet, or Coward in Harley Street. And what about that Fred Emney? A genuine one-off character. Pythonesque, is what I say. But everything is redeemed by the magnificent, brilliant, unique and unrepeatable ending. I can't think of anything else to say, since I've run out of ideas.Movie Review: Snips and snaps...
Summary: 3 Stars
Rented this video assuming it would be superior to the remake, and was frankly disappointed. It has a "cut and paste" feel: perhaps that was the filmmaker's intent; a sort of real-time, cameras-are-rolling sensation. There is no character development, and I didn't really care whether the crooks got away or not, truthfully.
Michael Caine has the throw-away charm that he's known for; Noel Coward plays himself... It's harmless, good for a rainy afternoon as a substitute for cartoons. The frantic energy of The Chase seems to be the whole point of this one, whereas the 2003 edition paid more attention to the plotting/devising.
Movie Review: Pretty good fun
Summary: 4 Stars
This movie isn't nearly as exciting as the remake, but it is quite a bit funnier. It seemed to be shooting for a whole different attitude, and it is a very amusing movie. It is quite exciting too.Movie Review: Ending could have been better
Summary: 3 Stars
Overall, the movie is ok except for the ending which is like a cliffhanger. It's like a Hitchcock movie letting you figure out what happened at the end. I like the new remake (2003) which is a lot better!