Carlito's Way
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Features
• Closed-captioned
• Color
• Dolby
• DVD-Video
• Letterboxed
• Widescreen
• NTSC
In Theaters : 10 November, 1993
DVD Release : 27 May, 1998 |
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Carlito's Way Customer Reviews
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pretty good gangster melodrama
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The thing that saves this film is the acting: Pacino is a totally convincing criminal who wants to start over, yet faces seemingly insurmountable obstacles to his dream; Penn is amazing as a sleazy coke-head lawyer, who wants to be a "player". Both of these fine actors act with their whole bodies, exuding their life trajectory with every gesture and expression. Indeed, it may be one of Pacino's best performances. Nonetheless, like Scarface (which I thought was a ridiculous caricature, almost cartoon brutality), Carlito seems to walk into violent situations as easily as ordering a latte at Starbuck's. Either the guy has a run of really bad luck, or it is a marvel that there are any punks left in NYC. Then there is the beautiful true love, who returns to him in spite of his spate in prison, pregnant and about to leave with him, until...well, you can guess the formula.
This is not a bad film, but with some more imagination it could have been far far better, in my opinion. |
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