Review of The Color of Money (1986) by Richard Schickel for TIME Magazine — 31 Jul 2008
This may be hard ground for the audience that loves to cheer the lump out of its throat at the end of a movie. But for actors, it is the high ground. There is a ferocity in Cruise's flakiness that he has not previously had a chance to tap.
That, in turn, gives Newman something to grapple with. There is a sort of contained rage in his work that he has never found before, and it carries him beyond the bounds of image, the movie beyond the bounds of genre.
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This review of The Color of Money (1986) was written by Richard Schickel and published by TIME Magazine on 31 Jul 2008.
The Color of Money has generally received positive reviews.
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