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Mad Dog and Glory (1993)

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Average Rating: 6.2/10
Critic Reviews: 7
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 2

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John McNaughton directed this Richard Price-scripted comedy about a cop who learns to love an unwanted gift from a gangster. Robert De Niro plays Wayne Dobie, a shy and reclusive Chicago cop who has never fired a gun. Dobie is an evidence technician who takes photographs at crime scenes, earning the moniker of "Mad Dog" for his diffident attitude. One day Dobie walks in on a convenience store holdup and saves the life of Chicago mob boss Frank Milo (Bill Murray). Frank is impressed by the way

R, 1 hr. 37 min.

Drama, Comedy

Oct 10, 2000

MCA Universal Home Video

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An almost unconscionably enjoyable movie that plays like something conceived by a contemporary, furiously hip Damon Runyon.

May 20, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Times | Comment
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Mad Dog and Glory is the kind of movie I like to see more than once.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | Comment
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Throw Robert De Niro, Uma Thurman and Bill Murray together in a Universal Pictures movie and what do you get? Something that starts off at a beautiful clip before back-pedaling like crazy into a risk-free happy ending.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post | Comment
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The tone is uneven, with the dark moments lacking a tanglible sense of danger and the uplifting scenes missing a much-needed lightheartedness.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: ReelViews | Comment
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It's the rapport between the two actors, De Niro and Murray, that saves Mad Dog and Glory from being something less than just another buddy movie.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post | Comment
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An edgy romantic drama that never quite jells, but has enough moments of humor and/or charm to make it worth seeing.

October 5, 2008 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | Comment
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The film's main sin seems to be its indecision as to whether it is a black comedy, a satire, a thriller or a love story. It's none of the above. Just tedious.

October 5, 2008 Full Review Source: Film4 | Comment

A terrific little comedy, as well as a showcase for screenwriter Richard Price's incomparable ear for dialogue.

April 9, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Comment
eFilmCritic.com

An original if incoherent fable about the intricate relationships between a cop, a girl, and a gangster whose tone shifts radically from scene to scene, unable to reconcile between the story's softer love elements and its harder urban edges.

August 21, 2006 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | Comment

De Niro seems committed to the part of the sensitive loner, while Murray all but succeeds in mixing smooth and sinister, heartfelt and hot-tempered.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out | Comment

Great romantic gangster caper

September 9, 2003 Comment
About.com

DeNiro can play a complete wimp and Murray can play a heavy--who knew?

May 26, 2003 Comment
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It

September 18, 2002 Comment
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Audience Reviews for Mad Dog and Glory

Milo: You love her? I own her! "A cop who'd rather be an artist. A mobster who'd rather be a comic. And a woman who'd rather be anywhere but between them."A lot of great people were at work in Mad Dog and Glory. Robert De Niro, Bill Murray and Uma Thurman make up the all-star cast. John McNaughton, who directed Henry:

December 5, 2011
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Melvin White

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People are never happy with where they are. You can always do more, even if you think you have what you want. It's never enough when you get there. For Wayne "Mad Dog" Dobie (Robert De Niro) the thought of a good retirement and health care as a police forensic photography, but he craves to be an artist. He craves to

August 17, 2010
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