The Big Town
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: September 25, 1987 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
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3
Mixed:
3
Negative:
5
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The Associated PressBob Thomas
First-time director Ben Bolt, son of writer Robert Bolt, evokes excitement with the gambling scenes, but the climactic shooting is poorly staged, and the epilogue is a letdown. [21 Oct 1987]
40
The New York TimesCaryn James
This huge cliche of a movie isn't even a distant relation of films like The Color of Money, which can actually make you root for hustlers. The Big Town only proves we've gone back to the 1950's one time too many. Read full review
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TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
Despite all the props, costumes, and music, the film conveys no feel for the city, the period, or the seedy gambling milieu. Read full review
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