Bugsy Malone

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Bugsy Malone

G

Released Sep 15, 1976

1h 33m

Musical

Comedy

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Fat Sam (John Cassisi), Bugsy (Scott Baio) and Tallulah (Jodie Foster) are kids playing adults in Roaring '20s New York.

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Critics Consensus

Delightfully bizarre, Bugsy Malone harnesses immense charm from its cast of child actors playing wise guys with precocious pluck.

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Pauline Kael

The New Yorker

Bugsy Malone is nothing but its godawful idea.

Dec 2, 2023

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Mark Monahan

Daily Telegraph (UK)

Parker's script is as sharp as a wiseguy's suit, his attention to period and genre detail a constant joy, and he coaxes scarily poised performances from his young performers.

Apr 18, 2014

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

It's boisterous and good-natured, with catchy songs, and always sublimely unaware of its own strangeness.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 30, 2006

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

…was and is an innocent film, made by kids for kids, and with adult concerns only getting in the way…there’s an appropriately child-like glee in Bugsy Malone’s best songs, which all sound great today, and the staging is agreeably quaint...

Rated: 3/5

Mar 5, 2024

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Michael Barrett

PopMatters

Williams writes good songs and the whole production has a good-natured, uncynical vibe.

Rated: 7/10

Oct 22, 2021

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Alan Parker directed a handful of exemplary musicals over the course of his career, but this isn't one of them.

Rated: 2/4

Sep 3, 2021

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Shaggy I

First saw this movie in the late 90's early 2000's and absolutely loved it and have been listening to the soundtrack since YouTube allowed longer videos and I can't get enough of it even though it cane out before I was born I have been addicted to this movie and have been wanting to buy it on DVD

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/13/25

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thiago s

Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

07/07/25

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john w

An absolute classic , if you don't enjoy this you need to go see your Doctor , it may be you don't have a heart or a soul

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/18/24

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Harrison R

What an incredible film. So weird. So good aside from its absurd premise. Reminded me of something Adult Swim would air right now, but made on film with total deadpan sincerity (and pre-Airplane!). Highly recommended.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

11/01/24

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J O

Read some of the more "modern" reviews, people cannot see the innocence of kids just being kids anymore….. First watched in the 80's, still hilarious, this world is going down the pan and the recent reviews show why..

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/07/24

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Nannie 4

This was the first movie I ever saw at the movie theater in 1976. It was a birthday party and we went to a movie theater as a group of kids. I loved the movie and I loved the songs. It was such a great movie and I was only 11 years old. I hadn't turned 12 yet. I will never forget the moment I got to go to a movie theater for the first time or seeing Bugsy Malone at the movie theater. Years later I got the soundtrack on EBAY, since it was a rare soundtrack. I had to get it from England. I still have the CD. I was so happy to get the movie on DVD years later. One of the best memories of my childhood.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/26/23

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Bugsy Malone

Jodie Foster

Tallulah

John Cassisi

Fat Sam

Florrie Dugger

Blousey Brown

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Leroy Smith

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Synopsis

Fat Sam (John Cassisi), Bugsy (Scott Baio) and Tallulah (Jodie Foster) are kids playing adults in Roaring '20s New York.

Director: Alan Parker
Producer: Alan Marshall
Screenwriter: Alan Parker
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Paramount Pictures, The Rank Organisation, Goodtimes Enterprises
Rating: G
Genre: Musical, Comedy
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 15, 1976, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 6, 2018
Runtime: 1h 33m

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