Average Rating: 7.4/10
Reviews Counted: 23
Fresh: 22 | Rotten: 1
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Average Rating: 7.7/10
Critic Reviews: 7
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 1
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A film that captures the steamy, colorful essence of New Orleans, this crime thriller tells the romantic story of a classy detective whose investigation of a gangland murder lands him in trouble with the city's new District Attorney, a woman with a rigid penchant for following the letter of the law. Despite their differences, the two manage to work together and eventually fall in love. Unfortunately all of this leads them to have to fight for their lives when their investigation into the case
Jun 1, 1986 Wide
Feb 2, 1999
HBO Video
All Critics (23) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (24) | Rotten (1) | DVD (6)
Eventually the film's suspense underpinnings take over its personal story, yet that tension Quaid and Barkin generate still holds. Soldily fine as actors they're also a great pair, like two golden athletes.
[McBride] gets tense, sexy performances from Dennis Quaid and Ellen Barkin and makes the most of his New Orleans locations.
A movie that manages to be atmospherically rich while also satisfying the slash-crash imperatives of the police-action genre.
The screenplay, by Daniel Petrie Jr. and Jack Baran, has a number of funny lines and situations, but the end result looks fiddled with by people attempting to ''fix'' things.
One spicy gumbo of a detective film.
The plot of this movie is only an excuse for its real strength: the creation of a group of characters so interesting, so complicated and so original they make a lot of other movie people look like paint-by-number characters.
There's plenty of southern comfort in this entertaining thriller. Terrific performances from Quaid and Barkin make this into an overlooked gem of 1980s Hollywood.
Much better than the average cop movie: the script bristles with wittily tough talk, while fast-pattering Quaid works up a nice double act romance-feud with Barkin (his cheeky grin is well-matched with her lopsided smile).
Colorful Cajun noir, spicy, romantic, efficient.
There is a gusto to the movie and a rush of incidental delights. Highly enjoyable.
Dennis Quaid rocks.
Quaid is impressive in New Orleans setting.
A fine gumbo of a movie, featuring a brew of police corruption seasoned by an unusual love affair.
One of the smartest, sexiest thrill rides ever, with a spicy cajun flavor.
Moody, sexy, cool thriller. Might be the best film to come out of the careers of Quaid and Barkin.
A darn solid modern-noir mystery with two great performances and a New Orleans setting you can almost smell.
Take it big and easy, and you'll enjoy it.
Like the synopsis on here says, this movie is more of a romance than a crime thriller or drama, they could have called it cops in love. I found the whole cop romance thing really boring, and the rest of the story even more boring.
September 6, 2010Super Reviewer
The Big Easy is an 80s noir set to the colourful backdrop of New Orleans in which Assistant District Attourney Ellen Barkin is sent to investigate police corruption only to be seduced by morally dubious detective and local lothario Dennis Quaid. The biggest weakness of The Big Easy is its over reliance on the
January 5, 2007
Super Reviewer
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