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      The Big Town

      R Released Sep 25, 1987 1 hr. 49 min. Drama List
      50% 8 Reviews Tomatometer 36% 1,000+ Ratings Audience Score A lucky country boy (Matt Dillon) turns crapshooter in 1950s Chicago and falls for a gangster's (Tommy Lee Jones) stripper wife (Diane Lane). Read More Read Less

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      Robert H Not a woman in the world who would put up with that crap. Not a bad movie, but doesn't make sense. Good cast can't save it. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 09/21/23 Full Review Elijah The Capricorn It's a pretty good Gambling movie for the area of time the movie was set in Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/01/22 Full Review Audience Member Everyone is sleeping on this one. Great Dillon and Diane Lane flick. I loved it. Different than other gambling movies too. Good looking movie and some seedy characters. Noir vibes and delicious babes. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member A skilled small town dice thrower heads to Chicago to make his mark. Good cast. Never quite figured out how one becomes skilled in throwing dice as it seems a random outcome. Does not quite deliver a winning roll. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member A skilled small town dice thrower heads to Chicago to make his mark. Good cast. Never quite figured out how one becomes skilled in throwing dice as it seems a random outcome. Does not quite deliver a winning roll. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member Some good material but an easy ending. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Ryan Murphy Miami Herald How easy it is to say this, but alas, it must be said: The Big Town is a big waste. Rated: 1/4 Aug 17, 2021 Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times This story has been told a hundred times, and yet when it is told well it is always fun to watch it being told again. Rated: 3.5/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews A disheartening formulaic story of a crap-shooter trying to stay ahead of the game. Rated: C+ Mar 20, 2015 Full Review Chuck O'Leary Fantastica Daily Rated: 2/5 Oct 9, 2005 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 3/5 Sep 1, 2005 Full Review Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Spirituality & Practice Offers little in the way of dramatic action and sputters even worse in its character developments. Rated: 1/5 Aug 25, 2004 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis A lucky country boy (Matt Dillon) turns crapshooter in 1950s Chicago and falls for a gangster's (Tommy Lee Jones) stripper wife (Diane Lane).
      Director
      Ben Bolt, Harold Becker
      Executive Producer
      Gene Kraft
      Screenwriter
      Robert Roy Pool
      Distributor
      Columbia Pictures
      Production Co
      Albacore Productions Inc., Columbia Pictures
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Sep 25, 1987, Original
      Release Date (DVD)
      Mar 23, 1988
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $776.7K