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Information
- Year
- 1981
- Runtime
- 107 min.
- Director
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Genres
- Romance, Musical
- Rating *
- 6.5
- Votes *
- 3,285
- Checks
- 757
- Favs
- 41
- Dislikes
- 19
- Favs/checks
- 5.4% (1:18)
- Favs/dislikes
- 2:1
Top comments
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I'd never heard of this movie until I stumbled across it this pass week on a sleepless night. I got sucked into it but didn't know it was a Coppola movie or even a genuine 1980s movie before it ended. For some not quite identifiable reason I kept believing against all appearance that it was a recent movie set in the eighties and couldn't for my life understand how Nastassja Kinski could still look so young...
The movie itself is entertaining if a bit shallow. Completely predictable rom-com narrative and I was a little disappointed that main characters Frannie and Hank expectedly got back together in the end without anything having changed in their dynamics.
But you get the feeling that realism, or even the characters, are not what matters in this movie. It is all about the gorgeous sets, the over-the-top atmosphere, the dreamy lighting, the fun music and dance numbers... It is a pretty spectacle without much substance in it, well worth a watch but nothing I will remember for very long. 10 years 4 months ago -
greenhorg
Eye candy direction by Coppola (in full Orson Welles mode) and a great Tom Waits soundtrack. Awful screenplay.
In other words a good longform music video, but I wish there were real characters and a story to inhabit it all. 2 years 11 months ago -
Tropicana55
I couldn't stand this movie.. I get the sets and the music, the feeling of the piece is what's important; Coppola made sure of that. But what a hard wreck of a movie to sit through. 9 years ago
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This movie ranks #64 in BFI's 100 Film Musicals
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This movie ranks #850 in TSPDT's 1,000 Greatest Films: 1001-2500
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