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04/23/09
Dick Tracy (1990)
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Reviews Counted:36
Fresh:24
Rotten:12
Average Rating:5.8/10
Consensus: Dick Tracy is stylish, unique, and an undeniable technical triumph, but it ultimately struggles to rise above its two-dimensional artificiality.
Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: Warren Beatty directs and stars in this lavish adaptation of Chester Gould's famous comic strip. Against a stylized and solid color backdrop of 1930s Chicago, straight-laced, square-jawed,... [More]
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Reviews for Dick Tracy
Top CriticThe movie may lack unified conception, but it's supremely entertaining due to sumptuous production, lavish imagery and opulent costumes, and some terrific cameo appearances, such as Al Pacino.
03/23/09
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04/07/08
Top CriticIn sheer visual terms, this is the most convincing of the comic book movies that have been popular for the last decade or so.
04/18/07
Top CriticThis has an appealing two-dimensional comic-book look, but lacks the vision to go with it, not to mention an interesting hero or a feeling for action.
04/18/07
Top CriticNo review available.
12/08/06
A spectacular movie whose technical achievements -- notably the sharp editing -- will surely provide a gauge by which subsequent comic strip films are judged.
01/26/06
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06/11/05
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12/28/04
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07/31/04
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06/19/04
No review available.
11/26/03
Should have stayed in the funny pages.
09/15/03
No other movie ever made looks like this. ...But the design doesn't overwhelm the actors. Director Beatty knows how to bring out the brightest in his cast...
08/05/03
No review available.
07/03/03
Summer hasn't officially arrived yet, but it's unlikely to offer a big-budget commercial movie as thoroughly entertaining as this stylish real-life cartoon.
05/20/03
Top CriticNo review available.
05/13/03
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