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Pulp (1972)

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A year after Get Carter (1971), director Mike Hodges and star Michael Caine reunited for this comic crime thriller. Caine stars as Mickey King, a writer of cheap paperback detective novels, living in Rome and cranking one noir book after another. King is approached by Ben Dinuccio (Lionel Stander) and offered an abnormally large sum to ghost write the autobiography of a mystery celebrity. The intrigued King agrees and is transported to a remote island where he meets his subject, Preston Gilbert

PG, 1 hr. 35 min.

Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Comedy

Apr 17, 2007

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All Critics (10) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (2) | DVD (9)

Hodges avails himself of the private-eye genre's deaths, sex and homophobia, yet comedy loosens his nihilism

March 15, 2010 Full Review Source: CinePassion | Comment
CinePassion

Director Mike Hodges reunited with his "Get Carter" star Michael Caine for this follow-up, a lighthearted take on the genre...

April 26, 2007 Full Review Source: MSN.com | Comment
MSN.com

A sempre presente narração em off é um dos muitos problemas do filme - especialmente se considerarmos que o narrador é justamente um escritor medíocre.

December 10, 2003 Comment
Cinema em Cena

Had some fun in it.

September 4, 2001 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | Comment
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I caught this on TV, and I didn't understand it at all, then I saw it again from the beginning, and I still couldn't quite understand what was all going on. This movie is confusing and stupid. I wouldn't recommend this movie.

September 5, 2010
ajv2688

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Ordinary crime caper with the conceit of trying to bring pulp novel conventions to screen with only middling results. Lizabeth Scott has a small secondary role here, her last screen appearance.

January 15, 2010
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