Rotten
It's a plot that unravels on its own, without characters, without anything, not even a point of view. It's a zombie.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Sunset
They broke every rule, loved every woman, took every risk and solved the most shocking murder in the history of Beverly Hills. And it's all true. Give or take a lie or two.
1988 · 1h 47m · R
Crime, Mystery, Thriller, Western
Directed by
Blake Edwards
,
Jon Van Ness
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Sunset
Overview
Tom Mix and Wyatt Earp team up to solve a murder at the Academy Awards in 1929 Hollywood.
Director and cast
- Blake Edwards Director
- Jon Van Ness Director
- James Garner as Wyatt Earp
- Bruce Willis as Tom Mix
- Malcolm McDowell as Alfie Alperin
- Mariel Hemingway as Cheryl King
- Kathleen Quinlan as Nancy Shoemaker
- Jennifer Edwards as Victoria Alperin
- Patricia Hodge as Christina Alperin
- Richard Bradford as Captain Blackworth
- M. Emmet Walsh as Chief Marvin Dibner
- Joe Dallesandro as Dutch Kieffer
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
17%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Ultimately, Sunset plays like deluxe dinner theater fare. It's a diversion to take along with your after-meal coffee and dessert.
Hal Hinson, Washington Post
Rotten
Half of the movie wants to be cheerful, and the other half seems morbid and disenchanted.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
A tale that is not quite a comedy, or a murder mystery, or a crime thriller, or an expose of Hollywood slime, but manages to make half-hearted stabs in all these directions.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
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