Directed by:
Howard BrooknerCinematography:
Elliot DavisComposer:
Jonathan ShefferCast:
Josef Sommer, Madonna, Jennifer Grey, Tony Longo, Rutger Hauer, Matt Dillon, Stephen McHattie, Anita Morris, Ethan Phillips, Alan Ruck, Randy Quaid (more)VOD (1)
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It was New Year's Eve in New York City, 1928. The champagne was cold, the dolls were red-hot and everyone who was anyone was there. Shimmy on down to the speakeasy run by jazz-baby Miss Missou (Anita Morris), where earnest Lovey Lou (Jennifer Grey) and dishy Hortense Hathaway (Madonna) sing and dance on the hearts of two-timin' pony player Regret (Matt Dillon) and hapless Feet Samuels (Randy Quaid), a lumbering oaf with a heart of gold who's sold it, along with the rest of his body, to a mad doctor determined to collect at midnight. And make an appearance at the home of feather-headed socialite Harriet MacKyle (Julie Hagerty), whose glittering New Year's bash really takes flight with an untimely aviary assassination perpetuated by suave bootlegger Handsome Jack (Esai Morales). Add a handful of reluctant gangsters, an assortment of unflappable flappers and a philandering gambler known as "The Brain" (Rutger Hauer) and you've got a comic celebration of the infamous night when the underworld met the upper crust-and the laughs were strictly on the house! (official distributor synopsis)
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A more modern noir film thrown into a comedic tone, but the problem is that it's not very funny. It's striking to see a plethora of quite good or even great actors and the fact that essentially nothing remarkable was drawn from this potential. An unentertaining comedy-drama that isn't as gritty as it wants to be.
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