True Crime (1999)
Average Rating: 6/10
Reviews Counted: 39
Fresh: 21 | Rotten: 18
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Average Rating: 6.8/10
Critic Reviews: 7
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 1
No consensus yet.
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Investigative reporter Steve Everett (Clint Eastwood) has just relocated to the west coast after getting fired from the New York Times. Thanks to his old friend, Alan Mann (James Woods), the editor-in-chief of The Oakland Tribune, Everett still has a job, but that's hardly the end of his problems. An alcoholic and a womanizer, he's been sober for two months and his marriage to Barbara (Diane Venora) is in as bad a shape as his car. Everett has also earned the hatred of city editor Bob Findley
Mar 19, 1999 Wide
Aug 10, 1999
Warner Bros. Pictures
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Cast
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Clint Eastwood
Steve Everett -
Isaiah Washington
Frank Beachum -
Denis Leary
Bob Findley -
Lisa Gay Hamilton
Bonnie Beachum -
James Woods
Alan Mann -
Bernard Hill
Luther Plunkitt -
Diane Venora
Barbara Everett -
Michael McKean
Reverend Shillerman -
Michael Jeter
Dale Porterhouse -
Mary McCormack
Michelle Ziegler -
Hattie Winston
Mrs. Russel -
Penny Bae Bridges
Gail Beachum -
Francesca Fisher-Eastwood
Kate Everett -
John Finn
Reedy -
Laila Robins
Patricia Findley -
Sydney Poitier
Jane March -
Erik King
Pussy Man -
Graham Beckel
Arnold McCardle -
Frances Fisher
Cecilia Nussbaum -
Marissa Ribisi
Amy Wilson -
Christine Ebersole
Bridget Rossiter -
Anthony Zerbe
Henry Lowenstein -
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All Critics (65) | Top Critics (20) | Fresh (23) | Rotten (19) | DVD (14)
Forget the mystery thriller plot... succeeds more as a study of character.
The story drifts away, and the movie is structured in a conventional way that lets us know it won't end tragically.
Eastwood handles it professionally, intelligently, and beautifully.
Hard to swallow.
Audience Reviews for True Crime
Super Reviewer
This is a well made film that runs at a nice pace. The beginning and the middle run smoothly as Steve goes through his day. It's intriguing at how a story materializes for the reporter. Even the prison interview scene, the obvious cheese in a film like this, is actually well written and acted. The problem with the film is that the ending, though giving the audience the obvious tension, seems a little bit of a cheat and plays out a bit to cliched. Not on the part of the actual execution, but in the way the case is broken open. It soils a film that runs at a great pace through its first and second acts.
It's not a typical Eastwood masterpiece, but it is an above average film that Eastwood tends to make when taking a break from his truly great works. It's a nice little thriller if you don't expect too much in the end.
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