Robin and the Seven Hoods

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Denny S By 1964, The Rat Pack were pretty much over the hill. Age was catching up with them and between the garish color and heavy makeup, it had an almost surreal look. Sinatra is essentially playing Sinatra, the boss of the gang who calls all the shots, but his shtick is predictable and narcissistic. Dean Martin looks like a wax image of himself. Crosby come off the best with his natural restraint contrasting with everyone else's habit of overacting. Chicks. Booze. Gambling. Not only a period piece set in the 1930s, but already a period piece in 1964, with the Beatles and The Stones on the charts making the booze-soaked Rat Pack guys pushing 50 years old or more an anachronism. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 12/05/23 Full Review Collin N Such a great Gangster Musical! Filled with amazing singers and legends! Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/31/21 Full Review deke p A classic. I loved it. Great cast! Great music. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Classic with 4 of the best singer entertainers ever Old Blue Eyes, Sammy, Der Bingle and Dino. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member You can’t go wrong with a film with the Rat Pack. However it does seem to drag a bit. Still good fun Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 06/10/20 Full Review Audience Member Robin and the 7 Hoods is a movie that starts out feeling like a modernized take on the Robin Hood legend, but it kind of drops the allegory early on. Despite having characters all with those famous names, this isn’t about someone who robs from the rich to feed the poor, even if he puts on a front to make you think that’s what he’s doing. In reality, this is the story of two rival gang leaders seeking to take control of Chicago after their Kingpin is killed. I saw this once when I was young because my dad was trying to show me some of the stuff he watched when he was my age. I didn’t remember much about it when watching it this time, but I liked it a lot. The cast is overflowing with amazing talent, and they don’t squander it. We get to see all the marvelous members of the Rat Pack, with the incomparable Bing Crosby standing in for some of the less interesting members of the team. Not only that, but they made the movie a musical and allowed us to enjoy these talented singers doing what they do even better than acting. The story is kind of goofy, but I enjoy that aspect of it. This is a movie that is all about having a good time, and not taking things too seriously. I had a blast watching to see what kind of trick the two rival gangs would pull on one another. There’s one particular scene that is definitely the highlight of the film for me, when Robin and the 7 Hoods stage an elaborate con in order to avoid getting shut down by the police. It’s delightful, and it doesn’t hurt that Peter Falk is playing the rival gang leader. He has a way of acting tough as nails while still being completely hilarious. I’ll admit, the plot doesn’t flow all that well. For example: the romance/relationship angle doesn’t work for me, because it doesn’t seem to connect to everything else that is going on. It’s almost like they made Sinatra’s character a bit too competent, so they felt they needed to create an internal conflict for the gang, but it comes out of nowhere and goes nowhere. I kind of wish they had leaned even harder into the musical aspect of the film as well. I still found Robin and the 7 Hoods a ton of fun. This is a flawed movie where there’s just enough going right to compensate for anything that went wrong. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/02/19 Full Review Read all reviews

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