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Summary: Pushing Tin
Review: This movie was fantastic! It was very entertaining, and the acting was top notch!
Rating: 
Summary: Pushing Tin
Review: With a into the high pressure world of air traffic controllers it's tense and really keeps you glued to the screen and some great stars in it. Really what makes this movie work is the first rate cast including John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett and Angelina Jolie really save this movie. With the first half a really good look on in to thre life of an air traffic controller. The second half falls into relapse after relapse. Although there is enough meat for the actors to make it some what of a winner and. Snaply directed by Mike Nwell keeps things moving along nicely but the end was sucha studio ending that you wonder why he went with that ending. great cast and some truly funny moments all i wished for was more of a look in the air traffic contorllers. But even though it's a fairly painless movie. Written By Glen&les Charles who worte the series Cheers.
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Summary: Pushing Tin, or Pulling Teeth !
Review: From previous reviews the feelings are mixed about this one ( and for good reasons)! From the positive angle- Finally, a movie that let's the average viewer catch an exciting glimpse into the world of air traffic controllers. Although, real life air traffic controllers would probably like to put their two cents worth as to what was reality and what was Hollywood sensationalism ! Also, where did Cusack and Thornton learn to speak so fast while guiding the pilots and yet maintaining such verbal clarity skills ? Amazing ! The special videogame-like graphic effects showing a 3-dimensional airspace field on their visual monitors was an incredible plus. Billy Bob Thornton is one of those rare talents;The audience never knows exactly what personality he will undertake when doing his characters until you see him act (exception being Slingblade). Cusack sometimes seems to always fall in that rut of so many of his previous film characters; His characters often place themselves in catastrophic predicaments where he then has to create a plethora of excuses, excuses, and more excuses--and he's a smooth talker at doing it if it wasn't for his guilty boyish comical expressions and nervous body language that usually lead him into the demise of his characters.The humor and sarcastic jokes and comments made by the various characters throught the film are, at best, sharp and witty. The icing on the cake was seeing Angelina Jolie ( or rather a little more of her than was expected). She's sweet candy for the male eyes!On the negative perspective- the ending was incredibly hokey (especially with the pilots allowing their transmission path being used for a ludricous personal converstion between passenger and air-traffic controller). The film starts out spontaneous enough and ends with a typical all too familiar ending.The last few minutes towards the finale will make some viewers look forward to a root canal session with their dentist than sit through an ending like this again ! The closing was too formulaic and sloppily polished. I would actually rate this film at 3.5 stars for the superb acting and special effects...
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Summary: More Cate blanchette
Review: having passed at this film at theaters, and passed on the DVD(no extra's)i rented the video and found the ATC parts cool and the part's showing the planes comming in and landing really cool.Of course the plot about the 2 workers fighting for top dog is ok, It's the part of cusack's character having a very hot wife played by the very hot Cate Blanchette that upset me. Why if you have a wife as hot as Blanchette, would you want to have an affair with an alcholic Angela Jolie, I was also upset that we don't see and love scenes with Cate Blanchette, I would have rather have seen her love scenes than hear her say, to Cusack that she had an affair with Thorton's character.
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Summary: What a disappointment!
Review: This movie starts of like a dynamite blast: fast, complex, funny, interesting. Then it gets mired in the most banal & superficial kind of adolescent rivalry between the 2 main protagonists. This part is very badly done, hard to believe, harder to swallow & follow. The 2 guys' wives are such bad cartoons that it's laughable. Too bad, because Cusack & Thornton are the very best actors around in my book.
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Summary: An Great Comedy and Big Laugh.
Review: The first time, i seen this film, i didn`t really love it but the second time, i liked it, even more. Good Direction From Mike Newell(Four Wedding And A Funeral, Donnie Brasco). Funny Storytelling. Terrific Performances from John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett and Angelina Jolie. An original comedy with a lot of great laughs, don`t miss it. I rate this 4½ Stars.
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Summary: One of the worst films I have ever seen
Review: This is one of the worst films ever made. I kept waiting for the film to end. The first 20 minutes are interesting-you see how traffic controllers work in their high stress enviornment. Aside from that, the film was badly cast. Other than air traffic controllers, I cant imagine anyone liking this film.
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Summary: Tin Man?
Review: At first thought, PUSHING TIN sounded like a recreation of the Tim Man from Wizard of Oz. That was until I selected the title... I thought it was a great movie about a profession that is little known or thought of. Honestly, who thinks of Air Traffic Controllers when they embark on a flight? After watching this movie, I pray those people are awake and alert on every flight I take. After watching this movie, I have spent a little time looking into the profession and its prerequisites. I'm thinking about attending a school geared toward that profession and ultimately switching jobs. $100 Grand a year is enough to switch. Back to the movie... Buy it or don't. It's up to you, but I recommend it.
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Summary: Smooth Flight, Crash Landing
Review: Ohhhhhh boy. What to say about this one? All the reviews have mentioned the polished, terrific cast and the clever direction so I'll leave that be for now. This movie had me, hardcore for the first 45 minutes or so...the gorgeous transition from "The Zone's" POV to his mind's eye view is beautiful (and slightly underused)and the cast really had me. Then enter the neuroses, the competition, the "human" story of the ATC - the battered, bruised, stressed warriors of our skyways - plus the whole rigamarol between warring hotshot controllers and their wives and egos and bla-bla-bla....and well, you have a damned fine film that nosedives into the worst ending since "Jade" (it really sucks terribly). Thornton is super: spectral and friendly, inviting and foreboding. Cusack is, as usual - great, even when the plot and dialogue belie the humanity he brings to the Zone. Blanchett has a Lon Chaney like flawless transformation from Britain to Jersey and Jolie just lays me out with her painful honesty and simplicity (see: the sipermarket scene in this film)...I just wish that the stunning prescedent set in the first hour or so was maintained. All in all - a good rental - but don't buy this damned thing.
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Summary: Couldn't wait for it to be over
Review: This is one of those flicks that had me changing the display on the DVD player from "Elapsed Time" to "Remaining Time." As I pilot, I found the ATC communications to be refreshingly authentic, although I can't vouch for the behavior of the controllers. (And I most certainly hope that the previous reviewer was kidding when he said the portrayal of the TRACON environment was realistic.) The whole plot drags on and on, without much in the way of twists or diversions. The characters are flat, despite the best efforts of the actors, and the script is bland in addition to being fairly unbelieveable. I gave this one two stars only because I was able to stomach watching it all the way through, although I can't say I enjoyed it. I can't even recommend a rental here. If you're a Cusack fan, you'd be better off buying "One Crazy Summer."
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