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The Big Easy

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Original title

The Big Easy

Year

1986

Running time

100 min.

Country

United States

United States

Director

Screenwriter

Jim McBride, Daniel Petrie Jr., Jack Baran

Cast

Music

Cinematography

Producer

Kings Road Entertainment. Distributor: Columbia Pictures

Genre

Mystery. Romance. Thriller. Comedy | Cop Movies. Crime. Neo-noir

Synopsis

Set in New Orleans, this crime thriller tells the romantic story of a classy detective whose investigation of a gangland murder lands him in trouble with the city's new District Attorney, a woman with a rigid penchant for following the law.

Awards: 1987: Independent Spirit Awards: Best Male Lead (Dennis Quaid). 3 Nominations

1987: Valladolid Film Festival: Best Actor: (Dennis Quaid)

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Critics' reviews

"'The Big Easy' is one of the richest American films of the year. It also happens to be a great thriller. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"The film's strength is director Jim McBride's seemingly easy way of presenting us with a New Orleans that is more malevolent and intoxicating than the tourist trap that some think it to be."

Gene Siskel: Chicago Tribune
"[It] is the sexiest, most companionable movie of the summer. Set in New Orleans, it's an amiable, loping, goof of a movie, with charm to burn and not a thought in its head."

Hal Hinson: The Washington Post
"'The Big Easy' is an extremely enjoyable (and well-lubricated) vehicle for two actors who aren't quite yet stars, but should be."

Carrie Rickey: Philadelphia Inquirer
"The screenplay, by Daniel Petrie Jr. and Jack Baran, has a number of funny lines and situations, but the end result looks fiddled with by people attempting to ''fix'' things."

Vincent Canby: The New York Times
"Colorful Cajun noir, spicy, romantic, efficient."

TV Guide
"Until conventional plot contrivances begin to spoil the fun, 'The Big Easy' is a snappy, sassy battle of the sexes in the guise of a melodrama about police corruption."

Variety Staff: Variety

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