Rotten
Neither thrilling nor horrific, the camera, plotting, dialogue and atmosphere are uniformly unconvincing: a conservatoire of false notes.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Tough Guys Don't Dance
A love story haunted by murder.
1987 · 1h 49m · R
Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Directed by
Norman Mailer
Overview
Tim Madden awakens one morning to discover a fresh tattoo on his arm, his car covered in blood, his girlfriend in bed with the town sheriff, and a woman's severed head in his weed stash. Sensing a setup and in desperate need to clear his name, he begins an investigation that soon begins to expose a web of corruption in the small coastal community of Provincetown.
Director and cast
- Norman Mailer Director
- Ryan O'Neal as Tim Madden
- Isabella Rossellini as Madeleine Regency
- Debra Stipe as Patty Lareine
- Wings Hauser as Capt. Alvin Luther Regency
- John Bedford Lloyd as Wardley Meeks III
- Lawrence Tierney as Dougy Madden
- Penn Jillette as Big Stoop
- Frances Fisher as Jessica Pond
- John Snyder as Spider
- Stephan Morrow as Stoodie
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
39%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Not the high point of the Mailer career, but it's a small, entertaining part of it.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Rotten
Hard to classify; at times you laugh raucously at what's up on the screen; at others you stare dumbly, in stunned amazement.
Hal Hinson, Washington Post
Rotten
What is strange is that Tough Guys Don't Dance leaves me with such vivid memories of its times and places, its feelings and weathers, and yet leaves me so completely indifferent to its plot. Watching the film, I laughed a good deal.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
Norman Mailer's best film, adapted from his worst novel, shows a surprising amount of cinematic savvy and style.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
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