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Absence of Malice
starring Paul Newman, Sally Field, Bob Balaban, Melinda Dillon, Luther Adler
directed by Sydney?Pollack

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• One of the most important movies ever made...
  I can't improve on the first sentence from W.Corse's excellent 2/3/05 review:
  "Absence of Malice is one of my all-time favorites, and the first "older" movie that I grabbed when it was finally released on DVD. In my opinion this is one film that should be required viewing for every journalism major in the USA. "
  Some of other reviewers' comments make my eyes cross.
  (1) The movie is "slow"? (Not if you're paying attention to Paul Newman's brick-by-brick implementation of an utterly brilliant... more info

• Plenty of malice
  I enjoyed this movie immensely. It points up the contrast between human beings as they are and as they are portrayed in newspapers when they become newsworthy. Great performances by Newman and Field.

• Thoughtful riposte to "investigative journalists"
  Paul Newman is cast as a businessman whose only links to organised crime are tenuous at best -via an uncle (Luther Adler -excellent as ever)-but because he is the son of a long dead mobster ,is believed by a hotheaded Federal prosecutor (Bob Balaban)to possibly be able to help them crack an ongoing investigation that has stalled .This investigation revolves around the disappearance of a prominent mobster in Miami where the action takes place .
  Seeing an opportunity and untramelled by such niceites as... more info

• Great movie with silly love story.
  How unbelievable is it that Paul and Sally would end up in bed after Newman's friend, (played by Melinda Dillon), commits suicide because of the news story Sally's character writes. The dialog between Gallagher, (Newman), and Carter, (Field), is pointed, dynamic and, frankly, brilliant, but it shouldn't be happening in the bedroom. It doesn't make any sense. The quirky Elliot Rosen, (played brilliantly by Bob Balaban) is the engine driving this bus off a cliff. To Wit:
  FBI Agent Eddie Frost (Arnie... more info

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