Post by Toasted Cheese on May 14, 2020 2:36:35 GMT
This movie was the food equivalent of a potato. No butter, no sour cream, no salt or pepper, no chives, no cheese, no bacon bits and no steak sauce. Just a potato, half-baked. Starchy and heavy. And no substance whatsoever. Robert DeNiro's performance was dense, cloddish. (I could not have cared less about the dumbass boxer.) Like Susan Tyrell once said, "buried overacting".
I liked Cathy Moriarty. That was it. I also found it pretty boring. I give this movie * 3/4.
Yes, good analogy. It had no flavor whatsoever. Even a story about a horrid character, can have some flair. This film was all on the surface and yes, not much depth of substance, unlike Ordinary People. Scorsese's Taxi Driver had more style and nuance.
Moriarty is another of those actresses that enhance a film to me. I love watching her in anything she's in. She was only 19 when she made this film.