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Rating:  -
Nicholson is a depressive, retrospective bore with a slick brother living in Atlantic City.
The movie starts off with a little promise, but ambles along like a bad rash, never really
going anywhere. It's a movie about losers finding themselves (or re-discovering themselves
with Dern and Nicholson) and going nowhere. I find most of the characters annoying, especially
Burstyn's. Waste of time.
Rating:  -
I must say about this movie that the acting, directing and production are five stars all the way with Jack Nicholson & Bruce Dern turning in unforgettable performances. The film moves along at a slow pace developing the characters intricately and providing a rather somber atmosphere, similar to 5 Easy Pieces. If you gravitate to tragic, disturbing stories then I think you'll find this movie to be outstanding. However, if you're looking for comedy or a feel good movie I think you'll be very dissappointed here. This movie is similar to 5 Easy pieces in its rather moody gloominess on the whole, but at least in the aforementioned there is some comedy and the ending is much easier on the viewer. The King Of Marvin Gardens however came across to me as tragedy for the sake of it...yes, many bad things happen in this world but when I watch a movie I want to forget about such things and enjoy a vacation from the crime on the news! At least in Easy Rider the journey is excellent and the tragic ending there makes a strong statement against prejudice and hatred. With this movie there really is nothing to learn other than people just go crazy sometimes, do terrible things and the rest of us shake our heads and move on...I was very shocked by the way this film ended, and not in a good way...furthermore I found the closing statement by Jack Nicholson's character to raise many very disturbing questions about what human beings may be capable of. So again, 5 stars for those who want to view a tragedy, 1 star for those who want a happy story...thus 3 stars overall.
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This movie is a cult classic. Ellen Burstyn, Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern and Julia Robinson star in this 1970's movie about two very different brothers and their relationship as well as their broken dreams and schemes. Ellen Burstyn said this is one of her favorite movies. Julia Robinson is stunningly beautiful.
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Superb performances from Nicholson, Burstyn and Dern in particular (all oscar worthy in my opinion). Haunting DP work by the Late, great Lazlo Kovakz, a thoughtful, subtle script and Bob Rafelsons steady,silent directorial touches combine to make this perhaps the the best film of the 1970's (Godfather II and Armacord are possible contenders asewell). Think I'm over exaggerating? well I'm fully aware of the size of that statement and i stand by it. Thier is no film from that era that just gets that much better with each viewing, the newances of each performance and the depth of the brothers relationship (nicholson and Dern) growing more and more complex. i wrote a paper on this film for school thats how much i loved it. I reccomend it highly.
Rating:  -
A over looked classic, all the cast act their socks off. Nicholson particularly is understated and so more effective. Failed dreams portrayed in a most moving fashion.
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