Kazan's rigid directing kills the spontaneity of nearly every cast member.
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09/26/08
The Last Tycoon (1977)
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Reviews Counted:18
Fresh:8
Rotten:10
Average Rating:5.4/10
Synopsis: The seedy underbelly of the Hollywood film industry is brought to light in Elia Kazan's powerful adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's last, unfinished novel. Robert DeNiro anchors the film with his... [More]
Starring: Robert De Niro, Tony Curtis, Robert Mitchum, Jack Nicholson
Director: Elia Kazan
Reviews for The Last Tycoon
1 - 18 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
It's a film that takes Hollywood too seriously and seems to worship with piety at its altar, but was too awkwardly presented to mean much.
12/27/07
Producer Sam Spiegel's contribution is admirable, but Elia Kazan's direction of the Pinter plot seems unfocussed though craftsmanlike. Robert De Niro's performance as the inscrutable boy-wonder of films is mildly intriguing.
04/10/07
Top CriticFitzgerald's unfinished novel transfers awkwardly to the screen but is saved from oblivion by that always-fascinating actor De Niro.
04/10/07
Top CriticDe Niro proves again how well he can carry a part, and is particularly good in scenes dealing with the day-to-day business of movie-making.
06/24/06
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10/08/05
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06/15/05
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06/14/05
The movie is full of echoes. We watch it as if at a far remove from what's happening, but that too is appropriate: Fitzgerald was writing history as it happened.
05/09/05
Top CriticNo review available.
02/26/05
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11/04/04
Out of place and not quite interesting enough to hold our attention, which is a disappointment, because it has many of the elements that can make for greatness.
08/23/04
No review available.
05/28/04
Interessante na maior parte do tempo, o filme acaba sendo prejudicado pela fraca subtrama romântica e pelo final medíocre (adaptar um livro inacabado pode ser má idéia).
02/05/04
An exquisite screen interpretation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's unfinished novel on Hollywood during the Thirties
01/18/04
it isn't long before we stop caring
11/12/03
De Niro is well cast and star-spotting is always fun, but Kazan's direction never truly elicits the audience's empathy and Pinter's script has too many silences.
05/24/03
Top CriticElia Kazan now admits that he directed this adaptation, his last Hollywood film, for the money. Unfortunately, it looks it.
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