Review of Night Moves (1975) by Sean O — 09 Oct 2010
A dated mystery directed by Arthur Penn from the mid-1970s, with Gene Hackman as ex-football player and sometime private detective Harry Moseby, hired to bring back a young girl (Melanie Griffith, at her bratty best) from Florida for a rich Hollywood type.
This brings Mosely in contact with various film people, primarily stunt people, and his runaway teen case turns into something else altogether. Very low-key, full of hokey dialogue (people just don't talk like people do in this film), with Mosely about the slowest detective out there (the audience figures out everything isn't as it appears long before Mosely does) who stumbles into developments rather than sleuthing them out.
Fine for what it is, but hasn't aged well at all. Nary a likable person in the entire script. Woodchuck sez, "Just okay.".
This review of Night Moves (1975) was written by Sean O on 09 Oct 2010.
Night Moves has generally received positive reviews.
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