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Miami Blues

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Miami Blues

R

Released Apr 20, 1990

1h 39m

Comedy

Mystery & Thriller

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After Junior (Alec Baldwin) is released from prison, he plans on starting a new life in Miami. But when he kills a man in the airport, he flees the scene and finds Susie (Jennifer Jason Leigh), a mild-mannered prostitute searching for stability. The two opposites become romantically involved, and Junior steals a badge and gun from a veteran detective (Fred Ward). Using the officer's identity, Junior embarks on a crime spree and convinces Susie that he is the perfect man.

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Critics Consensus

Laced with hard-boiled thrills and pitch-black comedy, Miami Blues delivers a disarmingly off-kilter crime caper.

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Anton Bitel

Little White Lies

Armitage has crafted a sunlit neo-noir rooted in quirky character and darkly comic encounters, as two very different men try on each other’s personas for size, and the woman caught between them must also decide between a path of virtue or vice.

Feb 6, 2023

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Budd Wilkins

Slant Magazine

George Armitage’s captivatingly eccentric neo-noir is assisted by three magnetic leads and a healthy dose of black comedy.

Jul 27, 2022

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

A reminder that Hollywood isn’t really dead...

May 24, 2022

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Rene Jordan

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

If it's missing heart, it's got guts to spare. [Full review in Spanish]

Nov 1, 2022

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

There are many offbeat ideas in a movie that would be weightless without them.

Rated: 2.5/4

Aug 7, 2022

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Peter Canavese

Celluloid Dreams

Alec Baldwin's first starring role as a thuggish anti-hero in this terrifically cast eccentric crime comedy/drama. A movie of its time (1990) that holds up today.

Rated: 3.5/4

Jul 21, 2022

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Carlos I

Maybe I have to watch this again, with the way it seems to be reviewed... It just didn't connect with me. It's a decently done neo-noir, but Baldwin was soo unlikeable in it, that I had a hard time getting engaged. Maybe I just wasn't in the mood at the time...

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/14/24

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Jelisije J

Such an unforgettable film with Alec Baldwin playing one of the more unstable characters that you will ever see in film.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

07/10/24

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MrAnjinn P

Definitely a classic Alec Baldwin film. Good script writing!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/03/24

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Steve D

The cast makes more of it than it deserves.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/29/24

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Alec B

Baldwin's unhinged performance is the best thing about this movie. Such crazed energy from a villain is rare in these types of thrillers.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

12/14/23

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Jack O

I don't need to say anything about this. I think this is a dark comedy.... I don't need to say it because it's a decent movie it wasn't fantastic but it was all right.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

06/22/23

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George Armitage

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Frederick J. Frenger Jr.

Fred Ward

Sgt. Hoke Moseley

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Susie Waggoner

Nora Dunn

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Synopsis

After Junior (Alec Baldwin) is released from prison, he plans on starting a new life in Miami. But when he kills a man in the airport, he flees the scene and finds Susie (Jennifer Jason Leigh), a mild-mannered prostitute searching for stability. The two opposites become romantically involved, and Junior steals a badge and gun from a veteran detective (Fred Ward). Using the officer's identity, Junior embarks on a crime spree and convinces Susie that he is the perfect man.

Director: George Armitage
Producer: Jonathan Demme, Gary Goetzman
Screenwriter: Charles Willeford, George Armitage
Distributor: Orion Pictures
Production Co: Tristes Tropiques
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 20, 1990, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 30, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $8.8M
Runtime: 1h 39m
Sound Mix: Dolby, Surround
Aspect Ratio: 35mm

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