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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.

50

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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Average Rating: 2.9/5
User Ratings: 32,851

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Movie Info

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

Glen Charles, Les Charles

Aug 14, 2001

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Cast

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 | Comment
New York Times
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A lively flight!

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment
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 | Comment
Combustible Celluloid

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

June 28, 2002 Full Review Source: Supercala.com | Comment
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Audience Reviews for Pushing Tin

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
cosmo313
Chris Weber

Super Reviewer

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
kiriyamakazou

Super Reviewer

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