Average Rating: 6/10
Reviews Counted: 6
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 2
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Release Date: Mar 20, 1993 Wide
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Average Rating: 3.7/5
User Ratings: 532
This TV movie recounts the true-life story of a corporate takeover in the greed-driven 1980s. James Garner is F. Ross Johnson, CEO of RJR-Nabisco. Having just been burned by an expensive failure of a smokeless cigarette product, Johnson doesn't wish to incur the wrath of the stockholders. He begins drawing up plans to buy RJR-Nabisco outright so he'll have no one to answer to but himself. Unfortunately for Johnson, his company is also being coveted by sharkish "buyout king" Henry Kravis
Mar 20, 1993 Wide
Sep 25, 2001
HBO Video
All Critics (6) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (2) | DVD (5)
Makes the greedy rich who buy and sell ordinary folks' futures seem almost lovable.
Rubbish with Garner whitewashing a real life villain
Highly effective TV-movie with memorable Garner performance.
Basically a blow-by-blow of the sale of Nabisco, with sight gags thrown in to make it a "comedy."
April 2, 2011Super Reviewer
I guess part of the ratings are swayed by "expectations". I didn't expect a whole lot of entertainment from this movie, but I actually laughed in several parts, and I was interested from beginning to end. Even though it's a "made for tv" movie, it is definitely worth a watch if you have even a remote interest in the
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