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The Rat Pack

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The Rat Pack (1998)

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Reviews Counted:12

Fresh:8

Rotten:4

Average Rating:5.7/10

Runtime: 2 hrs

Genre: Television

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: They had 'the world on a string.' Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, and Joey Bishop, known as "The Rat Pack," set the style and the pace for 1950's America as the nation... They had 'the world on a string.' Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, and Joey Bishop, known as "The Rat Pack," set the style and the pace for 1950's America as the nation roller-coastered it's way towards the swinging 60's. But can the high life last forever? If Frank and the boys have their way by electing John F. Kennedy, the party has only just begun. [More]

Starring: Ray Liotta, Joe Mantegna, Don Cheadle, Angus MacFadyen

Starring: Ray Liotta, Joe Mantegna, Don Cheadle, Angus MacFadyen, William L. Petersen

Director: Rob Cohen

Director: Rob Cohen
Screenwriter: Kario Salem
Producer: Fred Caruso
Composer: Mark Adler

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Chuck O'Leary
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Fantastica Daily

Inventive biopic mixes politics and history with dazzling color and visual style.

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Michael E. Grost
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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
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02/13/04
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

For a TV movie, this is 'king of the hill... top of the heap...'

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05/29/01
AV Club

I don’t have to waste my time this weekend or a blank VHS tape. This is not one I care to place in my video library.

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Elias Savada
Elias Savada
Nitrate Online
 
 
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