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Bugsy (1991)

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Critic Reviews: 3
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 0

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Bugsy is a character study of mobster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel wrapped up in a gangster movie. Siegel (Warren Beatty in a flashy performance) arrives in California in the Forties, assigned to oversee the L.A. rackets. He is quickly seduced by both the glamour of Hollywood and actress Virginia Hill (Annette Bening), whom he romances despite being unable to leave his wife and children. Siegel soon has a vision to transform a barren stretch of Nevada desert into an oasis of gambling and

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James Toback

Dec 15, 1998

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

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All Critics (41) | Top Critics (9) | Fresh (36) | Rotten (4) | DVD (15)

Exhausting in all the wrong ways.

January 15, 2012 Full Review Source: Projection Booth
Projection Booth

A good example of how character and excellent performances can make a bare-bones story seem rich and complex.

April 15, 2007 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis
Movie Metropolis

A first-rate production from top to bottom...Beatty has never been more electrifying on screen.

February 12, 2007 Full Review Source: FulvueDrive-in.com
FulvueDrive-in.com

Levinson não consegue retratar a violência da Máfia; Morricone exagera na auto-referência à trilha de Os Intocáveis; e o filme insiste em tratar Siegel, um psicopata, como um empreendedor sonhador. Ainda assim, a história é interessante.

January 22, 2007 | Comment (1)
Cinema em Cena

Beatty and Bening are winning.

December 4, 2006
ColeSmithey.com

The Extended Cut DVD includes 15 minutes of additional footage; a new docu, the Reinvention of Bugsy Seigel, with commentary from Warren Beatty, Barry Levinson and others, deleted scenes, and Bugsy "Screen Test" video montage

November 19, 2006 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com
EmanuelLevy.Com

The disclosure at that Bugsy's $6 million investment in the young city generated over $100 billion might encourage different interpretations: Is Vegas the capital of the American Dream, or the embodiment of crass consumerism?

May 8, 2006 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com
EmanuelLevy.Com

In seeing the distracting, destructive nature of vanity, the film fascinates itself, and the audience, with a simply stated, terribly complex question: why can't we look away?

January 13, 2006 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com
Filmcritic.com

One of Beatty's finest achievements

May 6, 2005
Moviehole

Gloss, but well put-together gloss

January 5, 2005

Savvy crooks are engaging

November 12, 2004

classy and fascinating

November 8, 2004
Shadows on the Wall

Audience Reviews for Bugsy

A true American classic. A masterpiece, plain and simple. One of the most entertaining and exhilerating gangster films ever made. A bold, stylish and remarkable portrait of a criminal. Director, Barry Levinson crafts an astonshing piece of work that will be remembered for years. It`s slick, thrilling, funny and wildly entertaining. A spectacular movie. A tremendouse all-star cast. Warren Betty is absolutely incrediable, he gives one of the greatest performances of his career, he gives a harsh, violent, charming and senational prtrayel. Annette Bening is wonderful. Bening and Betty set the screen ablaze with their thrilling chemistry. Ben Kingsley is brilliant. Harvey Keitel is excellent. Joe Mantegna is terrific.
December 19, 2011
allan913

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Stylistically impressive but overlong portrait of the famous gangster. The supporting roles are filled with great actors doing fine work but the film rests on Beatty's performance and for the most part he delivers. As most biopics do this one plays with the facts but still tells an interesting story that's well directed it just could have used a little pruning.
March 23, 2008
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jay nixon

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    1. Virginia Hill: Why don't you go outside and jerk yourself a soda?
    – Submitted by Chris P (2 years ago)

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