FilmCritic entries tagged "Robert Redford"

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The Conspirator

by Bill Gibron on May 10 2011
DVD Release Date: August 16, 2011
The Conspirator

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To paraphrase a famous saying, the path to Hollywood mediocrity is often paved with good intentions. The more noble the cause, the less likely the solid cinematic success. This was clearly the case when Robert Redford decided to follow up...... more »
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Indecent Proposal

by Jason McKiernan on Jun 9 2009
DVD Release Date: April 16, 2002
Indecent Proposal

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There are great erotic film experiences and wrenching emotional film experiences. Indecent Proposal tries awkwardly to be both and ends up as neither. Perhaps, with a premise so salaciously bent on hidden desires, the filmmakers thought a maudlin tale of...... more »
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Three Days of the Condor

by Chris Cabin on Jun 1 2009
DVD Release Date: May 19, 2009

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In Sydney Pollack's strange spy thriller Three Days of the Condor, Robert Redford plays a playful and somewhat geeky analyst for the C.I.A. He spends his days reading books, journals, and any manner of written correspondence that is published or...... more »
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The Unforeseen

by Chris Cabin on Feb 29 2008
DVD Release Date: September 30, 2008
The Unforeseen

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A huddle of construction workers stand atop a skyscraper they are building, preparing a fourth-quarter phase of the project. Small prayers are made before the lead of this small group takes a small silver cross and puts it in the...... more »
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Lions for Lambs

by Sean O'Connell on Dec 8 2007
DVD Release Date: May 19, 2009
Lions for Lambs

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Lions for Lambs is an op-ed piece masquerading as a motion picture, a candid and cynical lecture series that indicts any institution remotely connected to the ongoing Iraqi conflict. The sentiments expressed should trigger discussions, but they don't add up...... more »
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The Natural

by Christopher Null on Jan 18 2007
DVD Release Date: April 3, 2007

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Robert Redford is beloved for his roles in numerous films, but his work in The Natural has to rank as one of the few on top, despite the fact that, with a $48 million box office, it hardly ranks as...... more »
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Charlotte's Web

by Christopher Null on Dec 16 2006
DVD Release Date: April 3, 2007
Charlotte's Web

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That's sooooooooooooooooome Dakota Fanning! It's only a mild heresy to turn a beloved children's book and animated film into a star vehicle for the wee Miss Fanning, the go-to child actress who has become Hollywood's only A-list star under the...... more »
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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

by Christopher Null on Mar 25 2006
DVD Release Date: May 12, 2009

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Calling Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid a great Western is like calling Dom Perignon a really great bottle of grape juice. Yeah, that's correct, but you're missing the point entirely. Butch and Sundance is more than a Western: It's...... more »
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The Milagro Beanfield War

by Christopher Null on Feb 12 2006
DVD Release Date: February 1, 1989

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Who'd of thought that a battle over water rights would make for such an interesting tale? This small movie, Robert Redford's second directorial endeavor after Ordinary People, is surprisingly watchable and gripping, despite a terrible title and a setup that...... more »
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Quiz Show

by Christopher Null on Jan 18 2006
DVD Release Date: January 1, 1995

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People have tried to peg the 'end of American innocence' on all sorts of things -- Vietnam, Watergate, the nuclear arms race -- but Robert Redford is, I believe, the first and only person to blame the decline of western...... more »

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