My 150 Favorite Movies - #66
Midnight Run (1988)
The juxtaposition of supremely dour Robert De Niro with extremely deadpan Charles Grodin, makes for unbeatable chemistry in this comedy about a bounty hunter and his all-too-unwilling "charge," an accountant who embezzled money from the Mob. Film critic Jay Scott wrote, "De Niro has the time of his acting life lightening up and sending up all those raging bulls that won him all those Oscars ... Charles Grodin, master of the double-take and maestro of the slow burn, the best light character comic since Jack Benny stopped playing himself." The film also features some outstanding character work from the likes of Yaphet Kotto, Joe Pantoliano, Dennis Farina, and Philip Baker Hall.
The juxtaposition of supremely dour Robert De Niro with extremely deadpan Charles Grodin, makes for unbeatable chemistry in this comedy about a bounty hunter and his all-too-unwilling "charge," an accountant who embezzled money from the Mob. Film critic Jay Scott wrote, "De Niro has the time of his acting life lightening up and sending up all those raging bulls that won him all those Oscars ... Charles Grodin, master of the double-take and maestro of the slow burn, the best light character comic since Jack Benny stopped playing himself." The film also features some outstanding character work from the likes of Yaphet Kotto, Joe Pantoliano, Dennis Farina, and Philip Baker Hall.
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