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| Twentieth Century Fox | Release Date: February 15, 1985 |
Starring:
Darren McGavin, James Tolkan, Kim Cattrall, Paul Sorvino, Peter Boyle, Robert Culp, Robert Urich, Steven Keats, Thomas Quinn, Timothy Hutton
Summary:
Jimmy Lynch (Timothy Hutton) is angry because his older brother, who was injured as a result of an off duty fire rescue, is denied benefits by the city.
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The film's up-yours attitude toward authority is cheering, but as
personified by Robert Culp (he's the mayor of New York), authority is so
comic-strip in its hideousness that fighting it is beside the point. If
the audience can't believe in the reality of the opponent, it can't
believe in the reality of the fight. [15 Feb 1985]
The situation might have produced a funny, heartwarming movie, but not in the hands of director Bob Clark ("Porky's," "Rhinestone") and writers James Gregory Kingston and Denis and John Hamill. Every plot turn is predictable, the characters are either true-blue or rascals and the humor is labored. [18 Feb 1985]
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