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Opportunists, The
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Based on 24 critic reviews
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Drama
Written by: Myles Connell
Directed by: Myles Connell
Release Date:
Theatrical: August 11, 2000
Running Time: 89 minutes, Color
Origin: USA / UK
Summary
RATING: R for language
Starring Christopher Walken, John Ortiz, Cyndi Lauper, and Peter McDonald
An Irish immigrant (McDonald) comes to America to join a hometown friend (Walken) and auto mechanic that he believes is a crime lord. The two team up for one last heist to pay off their debts.
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What The Critics Said
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Village Voice Amy Taubin
Filled with vivid and likable characters, The Opportunists could be the basis for a TV series as captivating as "The Sopranos."
Read Full Review >Film.com Peter Brunette
A very small film, as they say in the movie business, but its stylish suspensefulness is nicely leavened by Connell's obvious, and welcome, love for his hapless characters.
Read Full Review >The New York Times A.O. Scott
This is one of the best-photographed pictures of the year, but not ostentatiously so; the look is organic to the less-than-glamorous badlands of Sunnyside, Queens.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Jay Carr
Goes soft in the end, but not ruinously so. Meanwhile, its loose cannons bounce off one another deliciously.
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
He (Walken) is a gifted classical actor...and here he understands Victor Kelly from the inside out.
Read Full Review >Baltimore Sun Chris Kaltenbach
Playing a perpetual victim like Victor (Walken) might be easy, but making audiences want to watch him for 97 minutes isn't.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Examiner G. Allen Johnson
An engaging, well-written film that is surprisingly gentle in tone and easily paced.
Read Full Review >Miami Herald Rene Rodriguez
The movie is small and familiar, but this time, those turn out to be strengths.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Marc Caro
Contains ample dry humor and its share of surprising turns, but they operate on a human level rather than with the kind of empty flash we've come to expect from the post-Tarantino crime flicks.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten
Not only are these characters beautifully underplayed, but they're underplayed by two of the most enthusiastic scene-stealers around: Walken & Lauper.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
The plot isn't what makes this movie worth watching anyway -- it's the performances and the ambiance.
Read Full Review >Rolling Stone Peter Travers
Modestly made and modestly charming.
Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard
It's amiable enough, but the only real opportunity here is to see Walken step out of the shadows.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
Skillfully made, yet the film would have been better if it had tapped a bit of that Walken madness.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold
Ultimately emotionally flat and eminently forgettable.
Read Full Review >Dallas Observer Gregory Weinkauf
Once Connell finds his feet, he just may stride forth with his Important American Movie. Until then, The Opportunists is simply a whiff of great unwashedness yet to come.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 9.0 (out of 10) based on 1 User Votes
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