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Michael Cimino's "Desperate Hours" is an attempt to take a 1950s crime classic and remake it by turning up the heat, but Cimino has set the heat too high, and the result is an overwrought melodrama with dialogue even a True Detective editor would question. Cimino is not helped by the presence in his cast of Mickey Rourke and Anthony Hopkins, two splendid actors who should never be encouraged ...
Rated: 1.5/4 Jul 21, 2022 Full Review Craig J. Clark The Dissolve It's an overblown remake of William Wyler's 1955 film The Desperate Hours. Rated: 2.5/5 Jun 17, 2015 Full Review Read all reviews
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- Michael Cimino
- R
- Mickey Rourke
Oct 5, 1990 · Desperate Hours: Directed by Michael Cimino. With Mickey Rourke, Anthony Hopkins, Mimi Rogers, Lindsay Crouse. An escaped con, on the run from the law, moves into a married couple's house and takes over their lives.
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- Action, Crime, Drama
- Michael Cimino
- 1990-10-05
Brigid Murnaghan Village Voice Desperate Hours is a surprisingly spine-chilling film, first class in every department from camera (Lee Garmes) to cast. May 10, 2022 Full Review Clyde Gilmour ...
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- Humphrey Bogart
- William Wyler
- Crime, Drama
Oct 5, 1990 · The most desperate thing about Desperate Hours is Michael Cimino’s attempt to direct it coherently. In Cimino’s paws, the story of a merciless crook (Mickey Rourke) terrorizing a suburban family descends into lurid gibberish. Read More. By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW. See All 16 Critic Reviews.
Desperate Hours is a 1990 American neo-noir action thriller film directed by Michael Cimino. It is a remake of the 1955 film of the same name and an adaptation the 1954 novel by Joseph Hayes , who also co-wrote the script with Cimino based on a treatment by Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal .
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