This is my favorite John Cassavetes movie, perhaps because it's the most appealingly sleazy.
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05/15/09
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
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Reviews Counted:15
Fresh:12
Rotten:3
Average Rating:6.3/10
Synopsis: John Cassavetes's THE KILLING OF A CHINESE BOOKIE is a genre-shattering drama that combines elements of the thriller and crime picture to create something wholly distinct and original. Ben Gazzara... [More]
Reviews for The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
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02/29/08
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02/25/08
Cassavetes' films can be annoying and enigmatic, but they are usually creative and interesting. Not so with this one.
08/30/06
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02/09/06
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06/28/05
Watching the film is like listening to someone use a lot of impressive words, the meanings of which are just wrong enough to keep you in a state of total confusion, but occasionally right enough to hold your attention. What is he trying to say?
05/09/05
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12/27/04
Gazzara plays a strip-club owner committed to staging sad, unsexy, decidedly personal semi-nude musical revues.
11/29/04
Heavy stuff, but it takes its sweet sweet time in getting to the point.
10/19/04
Its only interest now is in its representation of its era.
07/08/04
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08/22/03
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05/24/03
A self-indulgent but inventive John Cassavetes written and directed film...
08/18/02
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03/05/02
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10/23/01
As much an indictment of modern filmmaking as the delusional nature of macho posturing, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie is a complex and fascinating document.
01/01/00
A postnoir masterpiece.
01/01/00
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