Review of Fat City (1972) by Mike M — 06 Oct 2007
It takes a while to shape up to the drifting, listless storytelling style employed by John Huston in this film version of Leonard Gardner's novel, studying those characters involved in the lower ranks of the California fight game.
Once you're in, though - somewhere around the time self-loathing barflies Stacy Keach and Susan Tyrrell start buzzing around one another in a drinking establishment in the middle of a nowhere afternoon - it's clear "Fat City" is another considerable entry on the filmography of arguably the best director of adaptations to have ever emerged from Hollywood.
.. Keach, here the very definition of a sad sack, gives one of the keynote male performances of early 70s American cinema.
This review of Fat City (1972) was written by Mike M on 06 Oct 2007.
Fat City has generally received very positive reviews.
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