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Swimming With Sharks

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Swimming With Sharks (1995)

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Reviews Counted:9

Fresh:4

Rotten:5

Average Rating:5.1/10

Runtime: 1 hr 41 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Buddy Ackerman is a vicious, egomaniacal, tyrannical, back-stabbing movie mogul. Guy is the idealistic, easily intimidated, put-upon assistant who now works for Buddy. Their relationship could be... Buddy Ackerman is a vicious, egomaniacal, tyrannical, back-stabbing movie mogul. Guy is the idealistic, easily intimidated, put-upon assistant who now works for Buddy. Their relationship could be described as sado-masochistic: Buddy treats his employee like a slave and constantly yells vitriolic insults at him. Guy, tail between his legs, always acquiesces. But Guy eventually becomes fed-up with his boss, so much so that he exacts revenge--in a rather violent, torturous way... [More]

Starring: Kevin Spacey, Frank Whaley, Michelle Forbes, Benicio Del Toro

Starring: Kevin Spacey, Frank Whaley, Michelle Forbes, Benicio Del Toro, T. E. Russell, Roy Doltrice, Matthew Flynt, Patrick Fischler, Jerry Levine

Director: George Huang

Director: George Huang
Screenwriter: George Huang
Composer: Tom Heil
Producer: Kevin Spacey, Buzz Hays, Steve Alexander, Joanne Moore, Jay Cohen, Stephen Israel

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This excessively talky, incoherently plotted, would-be film noir is not very good.

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To outsiders, all this rage and gnashing of teeth may seem silly and self-absorbed.

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Peter Rainer
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There doesn't seem to be enough material here to satisfy a full length feature, and the movie, which starts with such promise, begins to drag around its midpoint.

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James Berardinelli
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Kevin Spacey, who is the reason to see the picture, is hilariously ruthless as Buddy Ackerman.

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John Hartl
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A dazzling, frightening tour de force by Kevin Spacey.

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Lucy Mohl
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Sharks is a one-joke movie, and the joke wears thin less than halfway through.

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Mary Brennan
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The film has no subtlety, so the one-dimensional story comes across as a sophomoric, pointless tirade.

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Peter Stack
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[Huang's] plot may be overwritten and the ending may be less than satisfying, but his eye and ear are right.

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When it comes time to take this drama to another level, addressing the darker and more pertinent issue of why Guy puts up with it and what he wants out of life, Huang is right there.

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