An exciting film noir entry, steaming up the screen with sultry, sexy Russell and a somnambulistic Mitchum who manage to clinch often, despite their sneering disregard for each other.
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10/23/07
Macao (1952)
63 %
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Reviews Counted: 8
Fresh: 5
Rotten:3
Average Rating: 5.9/10
Runtime: 81 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: Set in (where else?) Macao, China, film dramatizes the intertwined lives of three transplanted Americans: a droll, sexy chanteuse, a former soldier who's on-the-lam, and an undercover cop assigned to bring a local crime boss to... [More]
Starring: Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, William Bendix, Gloria Grahame
Director: Josef Von Sternberg, Nicholas Ray
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Reviews for Macao
1 - 8 (sorted by date)
Sternberg's personality survives; what's missing is the soul that might have turned the artifice and self-parody into poetry.
10/23/07
Top Critic What is so enjoyable, apart from Harry Wild's shimmering camerawork, is the tongue-in-cheek tone of the script and performances, best evidenced in the sparkling banter and innuendo between Mitchum and Russell.
06/24/06
All the other ingredients, including Miss Russell's famed physique, are pretty much the same as have been tumbled into previous cheesecakes with Jane and Bob.
03/25/06
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If you are looking for an underrated film noir gem--that somehow got swept under the rug--this is it!
01/12/05
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