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Summary: You must see this movie!
Review: I know that phrase is overused, but this is one of the best movies I've ever seen. Danny Devito, Richard Dryfuss, and Barbara Hershey (before the new lips) are wonderful in this movie and the supporting players fill it out with amazing charm and wit. Some of the best stuff that happens in the movie is just characters sitting around together being themselves. Don't let me give you the idea that this is a boring movie--there is a senate investigation and hearings, divorce, dancing, car crashes, IRS seizure, and street fighting. It's wonderful and I highly recommend you see it.
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Summary: Was better the first time
Review: I really liked this movie when I watched it the first time when it came out, but it is just not that funny, I bought it a month ago, watched and and it will probably go in the bottom drawer. I would rent it not but it.
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Summary: Comedy Classic
Review: I stumbled across Tin Men at the video store, and took a gamble. It paid off. There is little more to the plot than two aluminum siding salesmen's attempts to get even with each other after a vehicle accident sparks off a feud. It is the sixties Baltimore setting, the humour, and the characters that make this an incredible movie.The minor characters seem to be lifted straight from the stories of Damon Runyan, with their amusing foibles, their unintended witticisms, and their exotic, yet totally sincere, ways of looking at the world. The backdrop of the aluminum siding industry is, in a sense, fittingly surreal for the extraordinary world these characters inhabit. The central performances by Richard Dreyfuss and Danny De Vito are great, and the actors are not failed by a script that breathes vibrancy and wit.
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Summary: TERRIBLE MOVIE
Review: I'd give this movie a negative star if I could. AVOID this movie. It's terrible. Not one positive thing could be said about this movie.
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Summary: TERRIBLE MOVIE
Review: I'd give this movie a negative star if I could. AVOID this movie. It's terrible. Not one positive thing could be said about this movie.
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Summary: Recovered Classic
Review: I'm not a movie collector, but I have been waiting for this film to come out on DVD since the format was invented. This is one of the all-time greatest snapshots of recent american history ever, and a very funny and poignant movie in its own right. It is beautifully composed and filmed, with a great cast delivering great performances. Very insightful about the roles of men and women in the early 60s - shows how the stereotypes didn't suit either gender particularly well. But best of all - the soundtrack is absolutely fantastic - in addition to the sinatra and early 60s lounge classics, has several excellent Fine Young Cannibals tracks, including one not available on any album or single. As good as Diner and American Graffiti, agruably better; it's more sophisticated and thought-provoking. The American Dream changes... The people who sell it don't.
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Summary: A great laugher
Review: If you wanna kick back, relax, and really have a great laugh, this is the movie for ya, bud. Set in the early 60s in Baltimore, it tells the tale of two tin men--aluminum siding salesmen, played by Danny DeVito and Richard Dreyfuss--whose run-in from an accidental car bump involving each other's Cadillacs (the salesman's prize car) mushrooms into an all-out getting even free-for-all, complete with car window smashing, wife stealing, and egg pelting. OK, then ya got your detailed discussions of why none of the male characters in the Bonanza TV show ('member that one?) ever talk about gettin' any, and other sacred topics of discussion, all rendered in pitch-perfect Baltimorese, as well as the Home Improvement Commisssion, the IRS, and office politics--all done up by a really talented buncha guys like Seymour Cassel, J.T. Walsh (my fave!), John Mahoney, Bruno Kirby, and the hilarious Jackie Gayle--and you have one heckuva great film. The emotional stuff is really well done--not stupid or schlocky--and the funny stuff is really funny. Yeah, there is emotional stuff, when the Richard Dreyfuss character, BB, steals Tilly (Danny DeVito's) wife played by Barbara Hershey and he falls for her, pretty hard. This is one film that does a great job of blending the emotional and the funny stuff perfectly. Not only that, but here DeVito is himself absolutely perfect as the selfish guy only somebody just like him could really love and Dreyfuss is great too. They don't make comedies like this any more, and when you realize this was made about 15 years ago, that's pretty sad. With Wag the Dog, this is definitely one of Barry Levinson's best films-- have a ball!
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Summary: An American classic
Review: Marvelous characterizations by Dreyfuss and DeVito (though each mostly playing himself) in an amusing, enjoyable and unique movie with a human touch.
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Summary: Classic Slice of Life Tale
Review: Most movies try and take you to a place you normally could never experience. This is not one of those films. Tin Men, is the kind of story that in some form or another, mimics most of our own lives. The main characters are two salesmen who sell aluminum siding. They live in a time when aluminum siding was relatively new product, and sometimes apply some shady tactics to make a sale. Despite that, this film is not about a time of corruption in the home improvement industry. I believe the editorial review might have that wrong. Rather, it's about the everyday working lives, loves, and times, of working men in this kind of business. Every story needs conflict, and this one begins with a minor traffic accident between Danny Devito, and Richard Dreyfuss's characters. Both are "Tin" salesmen who drive Cadillac's, because they believe it will impress their customers. As the battle of pettiness wages between these two men, we get to peer into their everyday lives. The battle escalates to the point of great humor, but never goes over the line, to hatred and cruelty. Barbara Hershey plays Devito's long-suffering wife, who is romanced by Richard Dreyfuss's character BB. It's an attempt by him to gain the ultimate revenge. While I won't reveal the plot here, suffice it to say it does not turn out the way he thinks. This is a movie you should see during a quiet time. I had originally watched it when I was distracted at college, and got almost nothing from it. I couldn't even remember much of the movie, and didn't think I liked it. Later, when a friend rented it, I saw it in a calmer state, and I realized it was a great movie. The score is excellent, blending songs by Fine Young Cannibals, with Frank Sinatra and others. The backdrop is 1960s Baltimore, and it presents a time in America, rarely presented in a period piece. When I try to explain why I like this film to others, it seems next to impossible. It's just a finely crafted film about ordinary people, which leaves you with a good feeling when it's done.
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Summary: Classic Slice of Life Tale
Review: Most movies try and take you to a place you normally could never experience. This is not one of those films. Tin Men, is the kind of story that in some form or another, mimics most of our own lives. The main characters are two salesmen who sell aluminum siding. They live in a time when aluminum siding was relatively new product, and sometimes apply some shady tactics to make a sale. Despite that, this film is not about a time of corruption in the home improvement industry. I believe the editorial review might have that wrong. Rather, it's about the everyday working lives, loves, and times, of working men in this kind of business. Every story needs conflict, and this one begins with a minor traffic accident between Danny Devito, and Richard Dreyfuss's characters. Both are "Tin" salesmen who drive Cadillac's, because they believe it will impress their customers. As the battle of pettiness wages between these two men, we get to peer into their everyday lives. The battle escalates to the point of great humor, but never goes over the line, to hatred and cruelty. Barbara Hershey plays Devito's long-suffering wife, who is romanced by Richard Dreyfuss's character BB. It's an attempt by him to gain the ultimate revenge. While I won't reveal the plot here, suffice it to say it does not turn out the way he thinks. This is a movie you should see during a quiet time. I had originally watched it when I was distracted at college, and got almost nothing from it. I couldn't even remember much of the movie, and didn't think I liked it. Later, when a friend rented it, I saw it in a calmer state, and I realized it was a great movie. The score is excellent, blending songs by Fine Young Cannibals, with Frank Sinatra and others. The backdrop is 1960s Baltimore, and it presents a time in America, rarely presented in a period piece. When I try to explain why I like this film to others, it seems next to impossible. It's just a finely crafted film about ordinary people, which leaves you with a good feeling when it's done.
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