The Last Tycoon

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Ronald F One would hope that an F. Scott Fitzgerald story could be transferred to the screen, especially since it is about Hollywood. However, the writing is so stilted, there is no emotion from any of the actors and almost no drama no mirth no sensibility in any scene. Most of the dialogue is given as if Elia Kazan, the director, told the actors to speak like robots or they are doing a read through with no regard for the narrative. None of the actors seem to have a backstory and none of them are developed. Everyone walks into each scene and leaves with a blank stare. Sad. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 07/05/25 Full Review Jeff S. De Niro De Niro De Niro Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/04/25 Full Review CodyZamboni Z DeNiro hits a homerun as movie studio chief, Movie works best showing the behind the scenes of movie making in Hollywood's Golden Age, Sadly the look and design of the movie comes across as cheap TV movie quality, Film goes further downhill with an overlong doomed romance subplot with a scatterbrained boring girl, DeNiros first date with her goes on and on for half an hour, Film should've focused more on Theresa Russell ------ she is so much sexier, charistmatic, and fun. Movie gets better and quite poignant when DeNiro gets kicked out of the studio. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/02/24 Full Review Blu B One of the most boring things from the 70's I've seen. The acting is ok enough which is such a dissappointment given the absolutely loaded cast this has and the director behind it. Mitchum is probably the best thing in this but doesn't get much time. No one has any chemistry, no humor, charm, and a lot of times no character really. The love story between DeNiro and the Girl I don't buy it in the slightest. The cinematography isn't good either. The setting is memorable and there is loads of lavish memorable sets and production value, but it somehow is just lifeless and with basic camerawork never is able to compensate for the mediocre acting. The editing, pacing, and music are all horrifcally bad in this. The soundtrack is just the same clarinet played every 20 minutes and is so boring. This has such a dry tone throughout it also because music is barely used. The worst part is there is basically no story here. This is about a Movie Mogul from the Golden Era and stuff just happens to him. The worst part is in the middle with the TERRIBLY draggy and boring love story that goes on for 20+ minutes. This never chains these events into a cohesive plot or any commentary because it just feels like it rambles on with no purpose. No one is likeable, nothing pops, nothing is memorable, there just is a somehow a whole lot of nothing here. What a terrible waste of All Star talent. Skip This. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 11/16/23 Full Review Jelisije J A movie with theme and messages with little to no story. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 08/10/23 Full Review Audience Member I have no idea why anyone would give this movie any positive reviews. The dialog was ridiculous & boring. Deniro stared his way through the movie & so did his boring "mysterious " gf. I wanted to like it. Kept waiting for something truly interesting to happen, nothing did. Bore! Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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