Dick Tracy

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Anderson O Pulpy, stylish, dapper, and old fashioned 1930’s in a good way, Dick Tracy crime mystery sleuth ages very well after 35 years. With a star studded and timeless cast, great music and theme, colorful costumes, settings, and characters, Dick Tracy was one of a kind in the year of it’s release with direction of Warren Beauty. Madonna’s breathlessly Mahoney and Al Pacino’a Big Boy Caprice Nearly steal this movie. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 06/10/25 Full Review Daniel C. M Although the movie never manages to reach it's full potential in both action and story, Dick Tracy is nevertheless a movie made with great passion to it's source material and it shows, with a gorgeous and masterful art direction alongside great characters, performances and a overrall great commitment to the autenthic feel of a 30s pulpy comic. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/18/25 Full Review Rami A Something about this picture clicked when watching this. Not sure if it's the writing, the acting, the music, the cinematography, the set design or the pacing, but whatever it is, the movie is amazing. Sometimes, even the most underrated and forgotten films turn out to be gems. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/16/25 Full Review Michael A From second number one, I was in love with this movie. It's comic-booky backgrounds and vibrant energy give it a flare that puts Warren Beatty in a great, great spotlight. It doesn't hurt to have Dustin Hoffman and Al Pacino in competition with you either. And, wouldn't you know it, Madonna adds her subtle, not subtle flare to this wonderful tale of deception and what it means to love. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 04/11/25 Full Review Blu B The cinematography, direction, and music is all good and the best things about this. There are some gorgous paintings, atmosphere, color, and it truly feels like a comic book. The practical effects are all great here too. The soundtrack very much reminds me of Batman 89' which makes sense. Wish it as a bit more catchy on it's own though and better used at times. The worst part here that drags this down is the editing which is just ok. The Madonna plot line, Tracy bonding with Tess & The Kid, Big Boy and all the croonies involved with trying to bring him down just all feel seperate. this follows a pretty predictable pattern of cutting between Tracy's personal life and the actual Noir plot but they just feel completely seperate throughout most of the runtime and just gets a bit hard to follow. And honestly at points boring. When the visuals and soundtrack take a backseat to the story it just can't hold as well. Everything else isn't bad though. Beatty is good as Tracy, and Pacino is so over the top but not bad. It probably would've helped if he toned it down just a bit though. Madonna is just alright and her scenes of her singing and all just don't feel that important and kind of hammed in. The "Twist" makes sense but it's just kind of lame and farfetched. Everyone else varies from being half decent to alright which is crazy given the absolute all star cast for this. Beatty is easily the best though. Tess is a bit forgettable and The Kid is honestly annoying. Any scene with those two just kind of slow things down. You know the other thing is Tracy himself isn't that interesting a character and kind of boring. We don't really get much background on him besides the basics and this relies on the relationships to flesh him out. But Tess and the Kid just can't really do that. Than the actual plot is hard to follow because of how jumpy it is and the dialouge isn't bad but it's jsut not sharp enough to carry more visually boring scenes. This has stronger bells and whistles than the actual underlying substance. If I had to lay my finger on the biggest issue here is it needed to find a better way to make Tracy interesting and tie in Tess & the kid to the actual crime plot. Or honestly just get rid of the kid altogether. It is a love letter to Noirs and the source material though. If your a die hard of fan of any actor in this or the source material it may be worth giving this a watch though. It's not broken at all. This has lots of potential for a remake. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 04/09/25 Full Review Garrett B It’s not bad nor good though the makeup, costumes, and production design help this film give some slack Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/05/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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