Movie Information
Overall Rank: 8101
Average Rating: 2.5/4
# of Ratings: 29
Theatrical Release Date: 03/19/1982
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Crime
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Sidney Lumet
Actors: Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve, Dyan Cannon, Irene Worth, Henry Jones, Joe Silver
Plot: Sidney Bruhl (Caine) is a playwright who's been in a long slump. When his
writing student, Clifford Anderson (Reeve), shows him the script for a
play he's written, Sidney plots to kill Anderson and present his play as
his own. But things are not what they seem . . . -- serioussir
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Rating of
3/4
Indyfreak - wrote on 11/18/2018
A fun twisty whodunit with a pair of great performances by Michael Caine and Christopher Reeve. Caine is good as always but Christopher Reeve gives arguably his best dramatic performance as the amiable if ambitious Clifford. Dyan Cannon isn't bad and some moments with her are funny, but she has an annoying shrieking scream. It's as bad as Kate Capshaw in Temple of Doom or Kim Basinger in Batman.
Rating of
3/4
serioussir - wrote on 05/09/2008
Not so much a comedy as a crime drama. For it's time, it was pretty scary and intense. I watched it recently and still though it was good.
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