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A Balasaur Score of 41 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 15%, Metacritic 27/100. Audiences rate it 29 points higher than critics do. Most of the 1,447 1990s comedy movies in this catalog score higher. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
After his mistress runs over a black teen, a Wall Street hotshot sees his life unravel in the spotlight; A down-and-out reporter breaks the story and opportunists clamber to use it to their advantage.
Ratings
IMDb5.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes15%
Metacritic27/100
Audiences rate it 29 points higher than critics do.
558 audience votes
Key crew
- Michael CristoferScreenplay
- Brian De PalmaDirector
- Dave GrusinOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Tom HanksSherman McCoy
- Bruce WillisPeter Fallow
- Melanie GriffithMaria Ruskin
- Kim CattrallJudy McCoy
- Saul RubinekJed Kramer
- Morgan FreemanJudge Leonard White
- John HancockReverend Bacon
- Kevin DunnTom Killian
- Clifton JamesAlbert Fox
- Louis GiambalvoRay Andruitti
- Barton HeymanDet. Martin
- Norman ParkerDet. Goldberg
Stills
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Themes
journalistdark comedysuccesssatireloversbad luckbrokersocial satireyellow-journalismstock broker