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Bugsy
The movie tells the story of mobster Bugsy Siegel, the playboy gangster who betrayed the Mob for love, and his relationship with Virginia Hill, a tough-talking insatiable Hollywood starlet.
5 March 1978, Bellflower, California, USA
8 January 1931, Berlin, Germany
17 November 1967, La Mesa, California, USA
13 November 1947, Chicago, Illinois, USA
6 April 1942, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
October 29, 2014
Beatty's daring schizophrenic performance -- on the one hand charming and gregarious, on the other a brutal killing machine -- makes this one of the best performances (but not films) of his career.
October 29, 2014
Most actors give more contained performances as they get older or else they risk self-parody. Beatty, who has always seemed larger than life, gets even larger with age -- and on him it looks good.
October 29, 2014
A great deal of the fun of watching this very assured film is seeing with what energetic panache the actor takes on the mantle of the mobster J. Edgar Hoover once called "the most dangerous man in America."
October 29, 2014
While avoiding the usual gangster film clichés, director Barry Levinson also insists that Warren Beatty does more than coast through this movie on matinée idol looks and easy charm.
October 29, 2014
A clump of casinos in the sand is evidence of something, but I'm pretty sure it's not greatness.
October 29, 2014
While Bugsy expertly captures the glamor of '40s Hollywood, it fails as the drama of a man whose dreams of glory lure him to an ignominious end.
October 29, 2014
What finally distinguishes Bugsy from other mob movies is its ever-present sense of the absurd.
October 29, 2014
Oh, it's not that they cover up Siegel's brutal side, it's just that they undercut it by making the man just a victim of his own appetites, which is sort of like saying Charles Manson was just a little too enthusiastic about a certain Beatles tune.
October 29, 2014
Insouciant and flashy, co-producer Beatty is at his best when evoking the narcissistic, show-business side of Siegel.
October 29, 2014
The picture belongs, in every sense of the word, to Beatty.
October 29, 2014
From James Toback's crackling script to Warren Beatty's electric performance as gangster Ben Siegel, Bugsy is so engrossing that you feel uncharitable mentioning that while splendid in individual scenes, Barry Levinson's movie lacks propulsion.
October 29, 2014
Beatty and Annette Bening charge their roles with energy, and the supporting cast includes such talents as Harvey Keitel, Joe Mantegna, Ben Kingsley, and Elliott Gould in sturdy performances.