Rotten Tomatoes

Movies / TV

    Celebrity

      No Results Found

       View All       Movies Tv shows Shop News Showtimes

      Tilt

      PG 1979 1h 51m Action List
      Reviews 57% 50+ Ratings Audience Score A teenage pinball hustler (Brooke Shields) travels with a would-be rock star (Ken Marshall) and plays a bar owner (Charles Durning) in a grudge match. Read More Read Less

      Audience Reviews

      View All (4) audience reviews
      Audience Member Neil Gallagher (Ken Marshall, Prince Colwyn from Krull) wants to get back at Harold "The Whale" Remmens (Charles Durning), who just might be the best pinball player in the world. After he's busting cheating, he leaves town and soon discovers 14-year-old pinball player Brenda "Tilt" Davenport (Brooke Shields), who comes from a bad home and has mostly turned to a bartender Mickey (John Crawford) as her father figure. She thinks she's using her pinball skills to hustle players to fund Neil's singing career, but it's all about coming back home to win that big bet and get revenge. With Lorenzo Lamas, Don Stark and Geoffrey Lewis, who is in a wild scene with Shields where she offends him by telling him that she wants to make love to his life — Shields was 13 at the time this was filmed, the 70s were insanity — this is a movie that makes us think that the economy of 1979 America was based on pinball. I was wondering why this movie seems so deranged and then I saw the credits. It was co-written by Donald Cammell, who made Performance and it all makes sense. This was directed by Randy Durand, who only made this one film. Cammell left the movie when they wouldn't hire Jodie Foster as the lead. Durand was the director, a co-writer, the producer, musical director, and in the sound department, was responsible for the pinball machine musical sound effects. He'd wanted to hire Orson Welles to be Durning's role, but even though he couldn't do it, he mentioned the movie on The Tonight Show, which helped Durand get some funding. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review chris r Nothing like 1970's era gaming cheese for some mid-week entertainment. A lot of this movie has over-the-top dialog. Even for it's era. Sit back and enjoy this mindless movie with a bucket of popcorn for some fun pinball times. As with any movie like Tilt, there are many grains of truth stretched beyond their limits. Ignore the frayed cloth and you will enjoy the film. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Ever since I was a young boy I've played the silver ball. From Soho down to Brighton I must have played them all...but I ain't seen nothing like her in any amusement hall. That 14 year old Brooke Shields sure plays a mean pinball Sorta The Hustler lite of the pinball sect I had a lot of fun w/ Tilt but that is probably because I love pinball. Charles Durning has never looked like a bigger piece of shit that either he put on a fuck of a lot of weight or they padded him like crazy as the pinball ace 'The Wale'. Has a great scene w/ Geoffery Lewis as a truck driver that he & Shields have a conversation about sex & drugs & a cameo w/ Fred Ward that I was just happy to see him in this. Truly a movie of its time (sorta like disco or Arcade movies from the 80s) but everyone is likeable especially a very young Brooke Shields. My rating may be a bit high for what it actually is but it sure did put a smile on my face Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member A film about a pinball wizard starring Brooke Shields. A relaxing film, not that special. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

      Cast & Crew

      Show Less Cast & Crew Show More Cast & Crew

      Photos

      View All Tilt photos

      Tilt

      Tilt (1979) Tilt (1979) Tilt (1979) Tilt (1979) Tilt (1979) View more photos

      Critics Reviews

      View All (1) Critics Reviews
      Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews A coming-of-age film that is a bomb. Rated: C Oct 21, 2015 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis A teenage pinball hustler (Brooke Shields) travels with a would-be rock star (Ken Marshall) and plays a bar owner (Charles Durning) in a grudge match.
      Director
      Rudy Durand
      Rating
      PG
      Genre
      Action
      Original Language
      English
      Runtime
      1h 51m