The Fortune

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The Fortune

PG

1975

1h 28m

Comedy

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In the 1920s, it is against the law to transport a woman across state lines for immoral purposes. But Nicky (Warren Beatty) thinks he has a found a way around this by having his friend Oscar (Jack Nicholson) do the transporting for him, allowing him to later reunite with his wife, Freddie (Stockard Channing), in California. There are, however, two big problems -- Oscar falls in love with Freddie, and Freddie becomes convinced they are doing this only to get to her family money.

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Kevin Maher

Times (UK)

The movie remains essential viewing for Tinseltown completists, and there are some smart set pieces from the director Mike Nichols, including a slapstick traffic jam on a midnight bridge.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 22, 2024

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Vincent Canby

New York Times

[Stockard Channing] is a fine-grained, robust comic talent who keeps the film in proper balance by being just as intensely lunatic as her two co-stars. [Full review in Spanish]

May 9, 2005

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David Nusair

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The Fortune slowly-but-surely begins to peter out once it progresses into its distressingly meandering midsection...

Rated: 2/4

Mar 20, 2022

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

...worth a look as one of the last gasps of the now-unfashionable screwball genre...

Rated: 3/5

Jul 11, 2021

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Jacoba Atlas

Los Angeles Free Press

A major disappointment.

Nov 27, 2019

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Sean Axmaker

Parallax View

The timing wasn't planned but it is fortuitous. The Fortune (Twilight Time, Blu-ray), a screwball comedy directed by Mike Nichols, debuts on Blu-ray a month after Nichols passed away.

Mar 14, 2015

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Alain E

Another good reason to form your own opinion. This is a very funny movie with a snake and a chicken and this doesn’t include Nicholson or Beatty. Channing is a good looking chick as well. There is a little sag in the middle but overall very entertaining. Some very funny exchanges. Channing: “Excuse me. Have we met?” “ This is your husband dear”. The whole exchange about period sanitary pads being mouse beds. And a piece of wisdom: A mean man and a man of means are often the same.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/02/25

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Dannyjoe B

Had to see it. Wish I had done something else. Not good. Over-acted, reeks of cocaine.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

11/28/24

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CodyZamboni Z

Unfunny comedy, Falls apart from the start, Wacky antics and odd characters come across as silly, creepy, and stupid, Stunning in that Jack Nicholson, Warren Beatty, Mike Nichols thought any of this would work, And the movie looks cheap, Only Stockard Channing provides some amusement.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/26/25

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Joe S

Snotty reviews by artsy-fartsy critics who just didn't get it doomed this 1975 movie, which is a Mike Nichols homage to 1930s screwball comedies. The photography is quite beautiful, including in the evocation of a long-gone way of cross-country train travel. Jack Nicholson both mugs and underplays in the role, and Warren Beatty is perfect as the dimwitted buddy/straight man. But Stockard Channing runs away with the picture, both as the beautiful ditz heiress and in the pure gutsy physicality of her performance. A very good movie to see for the first time.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/15/23

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James C

What a couple of assholes Nicholson and Beatty appear to be in this. Stockard Channing is great. Mike Nichols was right to take eight years off from directing after this. What is the explanation? Cocaine?

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Stephen C

The least funny 01 hour: and 28 minutes ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/28/22

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Synopsis

In the 1920s, it is against the law to transport a woman across state lines for immoral purposes. But Nicky (Warren Beatty) thinks he has a found a way around this by having his friend Oscar (Jack Nicholson) do the transporting for him, allowing him to later reunite with his wife, Freddie (Stockard Channing), in California. There are, however, two big problems -- Oscar falls in love with Freddie, and Freddie becomes convinced they are doing this only to get to her family money.

Director: Mike Nichols
Producer: Don Devlin, Mike Nichols
Screenwriter: Carole Eastman
Production Co: Columbia Pictures, Vista
Rating: PG
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 30, 2014
Runtime: 1h 28m

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