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Dick Tracy (1990)
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Reviews Counted: 38
Fresh: 26
Rotten:12
Average Rating: 5.9/10
Consensus: Dick Tracy is stylish, unique, and an undeniable technical triumph, but it ultimately struggles to rise above its two-dimensional artificiality.
Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: Warren Beatty directs and stars in this lavish adaptation of Chester Gould's famous comic strip. Against a stylized and solid color backdrop of 1930s Chicago, straight-laced, square-jawed,... Warren Beatty directs and stars in this lavish adaptation of Chester Gould's famous comic strip. Against a stylized and solid color backdrop of 1930s Chicago, straight-laced, square-jawed, detective hero Dick Tracy battles gangster Big Boy Caprice -- and temptation in the form of blonde bombshell Breathless Mahoney. Dick's long-time girlfriend Tess Trueheart and a feisty street urchin are on hand to offer support. With songs by Stephen Sondheim, Madonna as Breathless Mahoney, and a vast array of cartoon villains -- Mumbles, Pruneface, Lips, Flattop -- brought to life by a glittering cast of stars. [More]
Starring: Warren Beatty, Madonna, Glenne Headly, Al Pacino
Starring: Warren Beatty, Madonna, Glenne Headly, Al Pacino, Charlie Korsmo, Mandy Patinkin, Dick Van Dyke, William Forsythe, Charles Durning, R.G. Armstrong, Estelle Parsons, Kathy Bates, James Caan, Michael J. Pollard, Dustin Hoffman
Director: Warren Beatty
Director: Warren Beatty
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Reviews for Dick Tracy
The movie may lack unified conception, but it's supremely entertaining due to sumptuous production, lavish imagery and opulent costumes, and some terrific cameo appearances, such as Al Pacino.
In sheer visual terms, this is the most convincing of the comic book movies that have been popular for the last decade or so.
This has an appealing two-dimensional comic-book look, but lacks the vision to go with it, not to mention an interesting hero or a feeling for action.
A spectacular movie whose technical achievements -- notably the sharp editing -- will surely provide a gauge by which subsequent comic strip films are judged.
It's brilliant colors feel as if they were ripped straight from the Cartoon section of your local newspaper, except these are in the lines.
A ground-breaking and striking comic-based movie, though the villains are too easily vanquished
No other movie ever made looks like this. ...But the design doesn't overwhelm the actors. Director Beatty knows how to bring out the brightest in his cast...
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