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| Buena Vista Pictures | Release Date: April 26, 1991 |
Starring:
Chazz Palminteri, Don Ameche, Joey Travolta, Paul Greco, Peter Riegert, Richard Foronjy, Richard Romanus, Sylvester Stallone, Yvonne De Carlo
Summary:
A gangster attempts to keep the promise he made to his dying father: that he would give up his life of crime and "go straight".
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Landis keep things moving smoothly as both a director and supervising editor. He too has an uncharacteristic light touch. The film is simply a happy surprise. [26 Apr 1991, p.R13]
Director John Landis' comic timing is a little slow in spots - we get the joke before he thinks we will - but Oscar generates a solid pace of rolling big laughs and winds up as a pretty good time at the movies. [26 Apr 1991, p.C]
Fifteen years ago Sylvester Stallone starred in a movie called Rocky, which won an Oscar. Now he is starring in a movie called Oscar that is, well, a little rocky. [29 Apr 1991, p.D1]
This is disposable cinema for those who have an excess of time on their hands.
Save it for video. Then you can do household chores while you wait for its occasional laughs. [26 Apr 1991, p.20]
It's not that the man who brought us Rocky Balboa doesn't fit into a funny movie, it's just that as the lead of rollicking Oscar, he's cast beyond his capabilities. [26 Apr 1991, p.6]
Oscar, the new Stallone vehicle, is dreadful for an hour or so, then merely bad. By the time it's bearable, the picture is almost over. And by the time it's over, no regrets. [26 Apr 1991, p.G5]
Aug 2, 2021
Great movie and so ahead of it time. Funny and smart with but a few mistakes. An enjoyable watch from start to finish. The cast is fantastic with some exceptional work from Stallone and Curry. More people should watch this movie it has aged very well.
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