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A Night at the Golden Eagle

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A Night at the Golden Eagle (2002)

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Reviews Counted:17

Fresh:7

Rotten:10

Average Rating:4.6/10

Rated: R

Runtime: 87 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Apr 26, 2002 Limited

Synopsis: Tommy (Donnie Montemarano) is an ageing career criminal, released from prison after a seven-year stretch, to be reunited with his old heist buddy, Mick (Vinny Arigo). Mick takes Tommy to his room... Tommy (Donnie Montemarano) is an ageing career criminal, released from prison after a seven-year stretch, to be reunited with his old heist buddy, Mick (Vinny Arigo). Mick takes Tommy to his room in the crumbling splendor of the Golden Eagle Hotel in a downbeat area of Los Angeles.

The Hotel's inhabitants are a bizarre mixture of elderly bums, prostitutes and pimps. Mick, however, has a plan for he and his pal to escape this mess, go straight and make a new life working in Las Vegas. Tommy is not so sure about the plan and seems intent on landing right back in prison again. When Tommy disastrously tangles with a prostitute (Natasha Lyonne), whose pimp is a savage thug (Vinnie Jones), it seems as if the old boys' exit strategy may be nothing more than a pipe dream. -- © Shangri-La Pictures [More]

Starring: Donnie Montemarano, Vinny Argiro, Natasha Lyonne, Vinnie Jones

Starring: Donnie Montemarano, Vinny Argiro, Natasha Lyonne, Vinnie Jones, Ann Magnuson, James Caan

Director: Adam Rifkin

Director: Adam Rifkin
Studio: Keystone

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02/01/04
FilmStew.com

This is a dark, gritty, sometimes funny little gem.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/08/02
Ron Wells
Ron Wells
Film Threat

Nothing about the stories in and of themselves is particularly original, but Rifkin knows how to create atmosphere.

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05/17/02
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

One just waits grimly for the next shock without developing much attachment to the characters.

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05/02/02
David Hunter
David Hunter
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These are textbook lives of quiet desperation.

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04/29/02
Chuck Wilson
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L.A. Weekly

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04/29/02
Stacie Hougland
Stacie Hougland
Hollywood.com

Never decides whether it wants to be a black comedy, drama, melodrama or some combination of the three.

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04/26/02
Lou Lumenick
Lou Lumenick
New York Post
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The director seems to take an unseemly pleasure in [the characters'] misery and at the same time to congratulate himself for having the guts to confront it.

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04/26/02
A.O. Scott
A.O. Scott
New York Times
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Another in-your-face wallow in the lower depths made by people who have never sung those blues.

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04/26/02
Jan Stuart
Jan Stuart
Newsday
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Too bad writer-director Adam Rifkin situates it all in a plot as musty as one of the Golden Eagle's carpets.

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04/26/02
Justin Hartung
Justin Hartung
Citysearch

Rifkin no doubt fancies himself something of a Hubert Selby Jr., but there isn't an ounce of honest poetry in his entire script; it's simply crude and unrelentingly exploitative.

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04/25/02
Ken Fox
Ken Fox
TV Guide's Movie Guide

A modest pleasure that accomplishes its goals with ease and confidence.

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04/25/02
Kevin Thomas
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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It's Tommy's job to clean the peep booths surrounding her, and after viewing this one, you'll feel like mopping up, too.

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04/25/02
Gregory Weinkauf
Gregory Weinkauf
New Times

What little grace [Rifkin's] tale of precarious skid-row dignity achieves is pushed into the margins by predictable plotting and tiresome histrionics.

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04/23/02
Mark Holcomb
Mark Holcomb
Village Voice
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The project is a labor of love, powerfully effective in shining a light on a part of the world from which most would rather avert their eyes.

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04/14/02
Athan Bezaitis
Athan Bezaitis
Filmcritic.com

Rifkin's references are ... impeccable throughout.

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03/08/02
Chris Wiegand
Chris Wiegand
Boxoffice Magazine
 
 
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