Mikey and Nicky

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Leprechaun K @LeprechaunKing Apr 27 What a treat. Falk and Cassavetes both at their peak and give a masterclass performance. Wonderfully directed by May. See more Brad T @Classiclover Jan 18 Love these movies that are just setups for great talented actors to just go off. Cassavettes is so good cause on some level you get the feeling he’s not acting. I always get that feeling of authenticity from him. He truly becomes Nicky in all of his douche baggishness. There is this feeling of dread that permeates every scene. The dread of what is happening, the inevitability of it and our complex feelings of revulsion and relating to Mikey. See more acsdoug D @acsdoug Dec 28 Jeez, just kill the guy already. See more Cody S. @cody073001 Sep 28 This was a weird one. I was having trouble following what was going on until the very end, and the last twenty minutes kind of tied it all together for me. The dialogue in this one is really great, and it’s really indicative of the time it was made. I always find it fascinating to go back and watch these old movies, just because people normally don’t talk or interact like this anymore. I find it insane how horrible both of these guys are as people in this movie, yet I found myself laughing with them in their little fits of laughter together. Nonetheless, I thought this was really good. But I wish the beginning of the movie would have made a bit more sense, and I wish the first hour of the film was a bit more gripping. Not that I need to be on the edge of my seat the whole time….. but there were some slow parts. See more Ed . @RT01276001 Aug 22 Peter & John & Elaine Oh My! Slow build up but then it grabs you and you can't stop watching. Elaine May (mis)directed this film. The original release was incomprehensible due to the studio dumping it and washing its hands due to disagreement and frustrations with Elaine May, who wouldn't direct another film until Ishtar 11 years later. May had so much talent that went unused because she couldn't play with the studios. Back to this film, the final scene will haunt me for some time. See more Jeff E @Jeff1966 Jul 22 I want to clarify my rating. It's 4 1/2 stars if you love independent film. John Cassavetes, who plays Nicky, was a pioneer in independent film in the '60s and '70s, when there wasn't a lot of independent filmmaking going on. Hollywood still had a monopoly on making movies. Now, Cassavetes didn't direct this, though he did do a solid amount of directing in his career. This film was directed by Elaine May, and female directors were virtually unheard of in 1974, and she spent most of her career as a writer. (You should look up her filmography. It's interesting. This film seems to be the very definition of "raw." Small cast. Probably a shoestring budget. The film may not be "grainy" but the quality is rough. And the story is really simple. But the performances of Cassavetes and Peter Falk, along with a really interesting supporting cast, are just outstanding. Watching Nicky just spiral out of control, and Mikey go through his own cycles of trying to help Nicky then throwing up his hands, knowing that saving Nicky is impossible. As I said the supporting cast is interesting. Ned Beatty, who was at the start of a brilliant career in acting. Joyce Van Patten, who had a fair amount of film roles, and a huge amount of television appearances...and still alive at 91 at the time of this review. M. Emmet Walsh, who, as a character actor, was in damned near everything in the 80s and 90s. And Carol Grace. Never heard of her? Neither had I. She married novelist William Saroyan twice. But after that, she was married to Walter Matthau for forty years, until his death. (She appeared with him in her only other film, "Gangster Story" in 1959.) Anyway, it's a film that takes a little commitment at the beginning, but I really think it pays off at the end. See more Read all reviews

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