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Dick Tracy (1990), directed by Warren Beatty

11/4/2015

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Bright colors, Tommy guns, funny-looking criminals, and retro clothing are about all this shockingly bad paean to the Dick Tracy character and comic strips has to offer.  Director-star Beatty, lucky to have his yellow hat and trench coat (for without them he'd have no personality at all), takes on Al Pacino as Big Boy Caprice, a mob boss who wants to take over the city by yelling louder and more often than anyone else.  Tedious, to say the least.  Co-starring Madonna as sultry singer Breathless Mahoney and Glenne Headly as Tess Trueheart, the object of Tracy's passionless devotion.  Young Charlie Korsmo plays the obligatory kid, a street urchin who talks about "dames" and wants to be just like Dick.  With scads of other big name or well-known actors in supporting roles and a number of instantly forgettable Stephen Sondheim songs.

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