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Pushing Tin (1999)

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Average Rating: 5.5/10
Reviews Counted: 66
Fresh: 32 | Rotten: 34

Solid performances by the leads, but the generic ending needs help.

Average Rating: 5.5/10
Critic Reviews: 16
Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 8

Solid performances by the leads, but the generic ending needs help.

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The intense world of air-traffic controllers is played for both drama and laughs in Pushing Tin. John Cusack plays Nick Falzone, the top air traffic controller at New York's Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) Center, where he negotiates air traffic and landing patterns for the Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark airports, America's most congested airspace. It's a tough, stressful job that's highly demanding and Nick is very good at it -- and he takes no small amount of pride in that. So Nick is

R, 2 hr. 4 min.

Drama, Comedy

Directed By: Mike Newell

Written By: Glen Charles, Les Charles

In Theaters: Apr 23, 1999 Wide

On DVD: Aug 14, 2001

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

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Cast

John Cusack
Nick "The Zone" Falzone
Billy Bob Thornton
Russell Bell
Cate Blanchett
Connie Falzone
Angelina Jolie
Mary Bell
Vicki Lewis
Tina Leary
Jake Weber
Barry Plotkin
Kurt Fuller
Ed Clabes
Matt Ross
Ron Hewitt
Jerry Grayson
Leo Morton
Michael Willis
Pat Feeney
Shaun Majumder

Critic Reviews for Pushing Tin

All Critics (94) | Top Critics (24) | Fresh (32) | Rotten (34) | DVD (11)

A four-character story with four characters worth watching!

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Janet Maslin

New York Times

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A lively flight!

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Variety

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Todd McCarthy

Variety

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The movie takes a dive at the end, but it's wonderful fun before that.

May 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

Can't really answer why this one got made. It's very uninteresting.

June 28, 2002 Full Review Source: Supercala.com

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John Venable

Supercala.com

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The films is pretty good, then it falls apart and doesn't quite recover. The performances are the best part, and I liked that this film was about a subject that hasn't been shown on screen before. Too bad the screenplay craps out, otherwise this would be a far better film. I'll be nice and give it a solid B-.

August 13, 2009

Chris Weber

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A wonderful film about becoming the second best. Cusack is his perfect self, he represents the insecure everyman who is given a run for his money by the "interesting" Billy Bob Thornton. Thornton's character of Russel is brilliant, he's slightly odd, quite slimy and maybe a tad evil without ever being these things.

July 2, 2008