LoginTo be honest, it has been a while since I have seen this flick but, even though it is pretty obscure and rather forgotten nowadays, I thought it was pretty good nonetheless. Obviously, the whole thing was about having both Robert De Niro and Bill Murray playing against type. Indeed, De Niro was playing a shy lonely policeman and Murray was playing this time the mobster when you would expect them to play each other's characters. So, it felt a little bit gimmicky and the story was not really strong but I still liked it, above all, because all the actors involved gave some solid performances. Indeed, back then, Robert De Niro was not yet showing up in all these underwhelming features, he was still one of the most inspiring actors in the world and he was fine here. Concerning Bill Murray, even though the guy was always a decent actor, it would take another decade before he would really taken seriously as a drama actor thanks to ‘Lost in Translation’ but, here, he already shows that he can play against type without any problem. Finally, back in those days, Uma Thurman (who would show up a year later in ‘Pulp Fiction’) was just really charming and it was quite understandable that Mad Dog would fall for her. To conclude, even though it wasn’t really flawless, I thought it was a decent feature and it is definitely worth a look.
Mad Dog and Glory Reviews
A good movie
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Mad Dog and Glory review
Posted : 13 years, 6 months ago on 2 October 2010 12:20
Mad Dog and Glory is a very over-looked film from the early nineties, which I find odd, given the star-studded cast. I suppose this can be attributed to the fact that it just doesnt fit well into any genre-mold. It has shades of alot of things (mob-movie, romance, dark comedy, spoof, cop-drama) but doesn't quite commit to any of them. I guess this could be frustrating to some, but I think this film's charm lies in its versatility. Mad Dog and Glory is a fun and watchable film that doesn't call too much attention to itself. It works best as a comedy, many of the jokes flying under the radar, and many of them subtley poking fun of overly-dramatic mob films by providing a more understated-- perhaps more realistic-- alternative. Other points of humor are dry and abundant. And when I wasn't laughing I found myself engaged in this movie's romantic side. While not the most moving love story ever told, it is a sincere one with enough at stake that we really want things to go right for the smitten De Niro and Thurman. De Niro shines in his role as a veteran cop, and an all around good man, a lonely man. And Thurman is endearing as a common, every-day young woman, energetic toward life, and noble in her ordinariness. Opposite our two unheroic heros is Bill Murray, a somewhat sleazy opportunist, who despite his lesser traits, maintains a certain, sort of backward sense of honor and decency. Finally, David Caruso is as good as I've seen him in this one as the hard-boiled, smartass cop who at every chance looks out for his partner and strives for a general state of rightness in the world. And it doesn't take much imagining to see his character as a point of inspiration for Mark Whalberg in The Departed. Best of all, with all the strong characters and performances, the script doesn't insist on being a character too. In good movies we forget theres a script at all and thats what happens here. Instead the talented core of actors push the story along with natural, easy expertise.
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