Review of Everybody Wins (1990) by Evalena I — 19 Feb 2009

Angela Crispini (Debra Winger) a seemingly good Samaritan, hires the wellknown private detective Tom O'Toole (Nick Nolte) to prove that a teen sitting in prison on a murder charge is innocent. While Tom is doing his investigation, he discovers deep corruption within the city and finds that Angela isn't everything she is pretending to be either.

I was wondering why I had never heard of this movie before, when I happend to pick up the dvd cover. Now I know why.... Despite a cast with heavy weights such as Nick Nolte, Debra Winger, Will Patton, Jack Warden etc this is such a piece of crap to be honest. I reckon the blame has to be put partly on the director Karel Reisz, but as well on the cast for not having a very good shooting. I mean usually solid and great actors such as Nick Nolte and Debra Winger (both are old favourites of mine) are not having a very good day in "Everybody Wins". I reckon both of them wants to forget about this movie anyways. So, do not bother seeing this feature. It is a waste of time. See something really good with Nolte and Winger instead.