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Dick Tracy

1990

Warren Beatty

Warren Beatty, Charlie Korsmo, Al Pacino, Madonna ...

5.4

11,789

Film noir. Comedy. Action All Tess Trueheart wants is to settle down to a quiet life with her boyfriend, detective Dick Tracy (Warren Beatty). But there's something pretty rotten going on in town, with someone pretty rotten behind it, and Tracy has his hands full with the likes of villain Big Boy Caprice (Al Pacino) and with the almost irresistable Breathless Mahoney (Madonna).

	Media	Author	Review
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"It is one of the most original and visionary fantasies I've seen on a screen (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"
		Vincent Canby The New York Times	"Summer hasn't officially arrived yet, but it's unlikely to offer a big-budget commercial movie as thoroughly entertaining as this stylish real-life cartoon"
		Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"'Tracy' sticks to its eye-poppingly brilliant surface. Though the film is a visual knockout, it’s emotionally impoverished."
		Sheila Benson Los Angeles Times	"Brash, irresistible fun (...) It’s a film of enormous style, with a sure sense of itself"
		Time Out	"A spectacular movie whose technical achievements - notably the sharp editing - will surely provide a gauge by which subsequent comic strip films are judged."
		Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"[It] has an appealing two-dimensional look, but lacks the vision to go with it, not to mention an interesting hero or a feeling for action"
		Sue Heal Radio Times	"A near perfect example of how to bring florid characters off the drawn page and on to the moving screen (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Rob Vaux Collider	"Unlike many of its contemporaries, it hasn’t aged a day. The humor and action still hold true (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Keith Phipps Slate	"'Tracy's collection of well-crafted elements rarely works in concert"
		Noel Murray AV Club	"An accomplished stylistic exercise"

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