Review of Dick Tracy (1990) by Scott A — 23 Aug 2013
Movie was an earlier comic book movie, but a pretty great one. The way it is shot, with bright colors that almost look like a comic coming to life is really great.
The cast is pretty fantastic. Beatty is great as the confident Tracy, and Korsmo is really great as the homeless kid he takes in. But it's the bad guys that shine here, specifically Pacino and Hoffman. Hoffman is more funny than anything, but this is flat out the best you will ever see from Pacino. Just watch his every twitch he uses to make that character memorable. Course a lot of the other goons have moments, mostly due to the great make up effects on them.
Madonna is good at doing her sex pot thing, but all her singing is kind of a bad thing in the film. The songs just aren't very good.
The action is all fun, but you really need to see it for how they used the color schemes. I think this one is an underrated gem.
This review of Dick Tracy (1990) was written by Scott A on 23 Aug 2013.
Dick Tracy has generally received positive reviews.
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