WHAT DID YOU THINK OF... HEAT
RT – 83%, IMDb – 8.3
Roger Ebert said:
Johnny Restall, from Film Cred, said:
@MovieMad16 said:
RT – 83%, IMDb – 8.3
Roger Ebert said:
"It's not just an action picture. Above all, the dialogue is complex enough to allow the characters to say what they're thinking: They are eloquent, insightful, fanciful, poetic when necessary. They're not trapped with cliches. Of the many imprisonments possible in our world, one of the worst must be to be inarticulate - to be unable to tell another person what you really feel. These characters can do that. Not that it saves them." (read full review here)
"Heat provides an imitation of both the style and content
of noir—of its suffocating atmospheres, its concern with male vulnerability, and
its aesthetic elaboration—which updates the genre’s uneasiness about
modernity by pointing to the primacy of style in postmodern times." (read full review here)
of noir—of its suffocating atmospheres, its concern with male vulnerability, and
its aesthetic elaboration—which updates the genre’s uneasiness about
modernity by pointing to the primacy of style in postmodern times." (read full review here)
"Heat is easily one of the best crime films ever made. Two very likeable characters and two stories to tell. Al Pacino is a cop with a troubled love life. Robert Di Niro is a criminal who tries to stay away from bars. When these two personalities collide , its one hell of a ride." (read full review here)
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