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      The Postman Always Rings Twice

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      79% 14 Reviews Tomatometer 58% 5,000+ Ratings Audience Score Itinerant troublemaker Frank Chambers (Jack Nicholson) has a meal at a roadside restaurant and meets devastating femme fatale Cora Papadakis (Jessica Lange). As it turns out, Cora is married to the restaurant's owner, Nick (John Colicos). Happy to have a visitor, Papadakis offers Chambers a job. Chambers stays on and begins to help himself to whatever he likes -- including Cora. The two dive headlong into a torrid romance and begin to plot the perfect murder. Read More Read Less Now in Theaters Now Playing Buy Tickets

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      Jerod S Jack and Jessica have a decent chemistry as they plot the death of Jessica's husband and restaurant owner. But, the film is way too long and too tawdry to make an impact beyond a sexual one. It's fun to see A listers in their earlier years, though. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review steve d ok remake because of its actors, Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member I just don't understand why this movie has excellent reviews. Crazy. The main characters are unappealing and unlikable, especially Frank Chambers. And the sex scene is so unpleasant, not erotic at all, I watched fifty minutes and couldn't take it anymore. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Raw, at times uncomfortable, but a little uneven. Powerful performances from Nicholson and Lange. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review stephen b Just a few many twists and turns. Lost the overall focus of the movie. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review jelisije j In the pursuit of undying passion and love murder is on the horizon, for a man and a women scheming to kill the innocent husband. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Noel Murray The Dissolve With its earthy Sven Nykvist cinematography and its emphasis on the character's rumpled clothes and weathered homes, this Postman is like something from the [Bob] Rafelson of 10 years earlier: pensive and realistic. Rated: 3.5/5 Feb 7, 2014 Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times The Postman Always Rings Twice is an absolutely superb mounting of a hollow and disappointing production. Rated: 2.5/4 Oct 23, 2004 Full Review Jesús Fernández Santos El Pais (Spain) The excellent cinematography and well-crafted mise-en-scène guarantee a long shelf-life to this novel. [Full Review in Spanish] Aug 20, 2019 Full Review Peter Ackroyd The Spectator Because there is no consistency of character, and therefore of meaning, the plot lurches around, to the evident bewilderment of the audience; the closing scenes are a terrible mess. Mar 27, 2018 Full Review Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Spirituality & Practice A heated-up drama about sexual passion and obsession. Rated: 4/5 Nov 5, 2012 Full Review Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com Rated: 4/5 Apr 15, 2008 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis Itinerant troublemaker Frank Chambers (Jack Nicholson) has a meal at a roadside restaurant and meets devastating femme fatale Cora Papadakis (Jessica Lange). As it turns out, Cora is married to the restaurant's owner, Nick (John Colicos). Happy to have a visitor, Papadakis offers Chambers a job. Chambers stays on and begins to help himself to whatever he likes -- including Cora. The two dive headlong into a torrid romance and begin to plot the perfect murder.
      Director
      Bob Rafelson
      Producer
      Andrew Braunsberg
      Screenwriter
      David Mamet
      Distributor
      Paramount Pictures
      Production Co
      Lorimar Productions
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Crime, Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Mar 20, 1981, Wide
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Apr 19, 2016
      Runtime
      2h 3m
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