Bugsy Malone
1976, Comedy/Musical, 1h 33m
24 Reviews 10,000+ RatingsWhat to know
Delightfully bizarre, Bugsy Malone harnesses immense charm from its cast of child actors playing wise guys with precocious pluck. Read critic reviews
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Bugsy Malone
Tallulah
Fat Sam
Blousey Brown
Leroy Smith
Fizzy
Critic Reviews for Bugsy Malone
All Critics (24) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (20) | Rotten (4)
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Parker's script is as sharp as a wiseguy's suit, his attention to period and genre detail a constant joy, and he coaxes scarily poised performances from his young performers.
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It's boisterous and good-natured, with catchy songs, and always sublimely unaware of its own strangeness.
December 30, 2006 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review… -
The songs and set pieces are still fresh and infectious and most of the child cast are mesmerisingly good. I defy anyone not to be caught up in the charm and nostalgia.
November 30, 2006 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… -
Bugsy Malone is like nothing else. It's an original, a charming one, and it has yet another special performance by Jodie Foster, who at thirteen was already getting the roles that grown-up actresses complained weren't being written for women anymore.
October 23, 2004 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review… -
This film is the brainchild of writer/director Alan Parker, and it's amazing that he's pulled it off successfully.
May 21, 2020 | Full Review… -
I don't know where this film will find its audience because it's really too boring to sit that long on one joke.
October 29, 2019 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for Bugsy Malone
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Sep 29, 2012Two rival gangsters battle for turf and a new, strategically important armament during the Prohibition Era -- a cliche if the entire cast weren't children. It's a great idea: children playing the parts of hard-hearted gangsters implies that many of plots of the classic gangster films depend upon adults' childish behavior. The idea spoofs gangster movies perhaps in the way that Prizzi's Honor intended, and making the film a musical only adds to the film's conceit. And the film deals with gangster violence creatively: director Alan Parker couldn't have a child version of Joe Pesci stabbing the hell out of somebody with his mother's kitchen knife without significant ethical problems with the depiction of children and violence. So he had the tommy guns fire cream pies. Genius. And fun. The problem, however, is that the plot falls apart in the second act. Fat Sam is losing his turf war, and he ends up recruiting the lower classes to stockpile his army, but these characters come out of nowhere. Blousey - a character who would've been better played by Jodie Foster - and Bugsy's courtship fails to compel because her rejection of him comes off as entitled and bitchy. Also, the music is all lip syched with the voices provided by adults. This is the beginning of the film dropping its intelligent conceit, a denigration that is made complete during the final shootout. By the end of the film, it has broken all its own rules, and I couldn't help but feel quite disappointed. Overall, it's a great idea, but a great idea can only carry a film so far.Jim H Super Reviewer
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Nov 06, 2011A smartly made musical set at the time of absolute depression. All the cast are children and Bugsy Malone is one of the few films in which child actors I believe should win or at least be nominated for great acting achievment awards.Directors C Super Reviewer
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Aug 21, 2010Great musical with fantastic songs and some actually likeable child actors. Full review later.Thomas B Super Reviewer
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Oct 25, 2009Use to be 1 of my favorites when I was little but not anymoreBrody M Super Reviewer
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