Rotten
It is very fussy about period detail, and goes to some length to evoke the dim days of Depression America, while just about everything else is left to slide.
Jay Cocks, TIME Magazine
Paper Moon
As P.T. Barnum put it, "There's a sucker born every minute."
1973 · 1h 42m · PG
Comedy, Crime, Drama
Directed by
Peter Bogdanovich
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Paper Moon
Overview
During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership.
Director and cast
- Peter Bogdanovich Director
- Ryan O'Neal as Moses Pray
- Tatum O'Neal as Addie Loggins
- Madeline Kahn as Trixie Delight
- John Hillerman as Deputy Hardin / Jess Hardin
- Burton Gilliam as Floyd
- P.J. Johnson as Imogene
- James N. Harrell as The Minister
- Noble Willingham as Mr. Robertson
- Randy Quaid as Leroy
- Hugh Gillin as 2nd Deputy
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
91%
Tomatometer
Fresh
It's everything a road picture is supposed to be, a life-changing personal journey, a quest, a bit old-fashioned and a hoot.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh
Tatum O'Neal makes a sensational screen debut.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
A charming mixture of Hawksian comedy and Fordian lyricism.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Rotten
The film never makes up its mind whether it wants to be an instant antique or a comment on one.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
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