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- 2003
- R
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation (MGM)
- 1 h 54 m
- 2003
- R
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation (MGM)
- 1 h 54 m
Summary From acclaimed actor, writer, and director Robert Duvall comes Assassination Tango, a complex thriller, fascinating character study, and provocative look at the intoxicating world of Argentine tango. (United Artists)
Directed By: Robert Duvall
Written By: Robert Duvall
- 2003
- R
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation (MGM)
- 1 h 54 m
- 2003
- R
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation (MGM)
- 1 h 54 m
Assassination Tango
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Summary From acclaimed actor, writer, and director Robert Duvall comes Assassination Tango, a complex thriller, fascinating character study, and provocative look at the intoxicating world of Argentine tango. (United Artists)
Directed By: Robert Duvall
Written By: Robert Duvall
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 30 Critic Reviews
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40% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
43% Mixed
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
17% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 30 Critic Reviews
51
40% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
43% Mixed
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
17% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
Acting doesn't get more personal, or much greater.
The movie is an odd mix of tones and styles, and the thriller plot is casually introduced, shoved aside and reintroduced. But, like all Duvall's work, Assassination Tango breathes with humanity.
Since its maker is one of the least vain of Hollywood actors, it's one that is worthy of indulgence and respect.
An odd little thriller that celebrates, in order of importance, Mr. Duvall, tango and his real-life significant other, Luciana Pedraza, who makes her attractive debut as a screen actress and, yes, tango dancer.
Dramatically lopsided, Assassination Tango is a spontaneous life-slice in which John J. (standing in for Duvall) fumbles like a besotted granddad toward empathic connections. That it doesn't "work" is a measure of its sincerity.
Duvall at his worst is still an accomplished performer; Pedraza is a modern-day Ali McGraw, lithe and beautiful but no kind of actress. For all her fluidity on the dance floor, she's a dead weight who drags the film down.
Duvall is a great actor in the homestretch of a great career; it's hard to hold this trifle against him, and certainly nobody will.
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Production Company
United Artists,
American Zoetrope,
Butcher's Run Films
Release Date Mar 28, 2003
Duration 1 h 54 m
Rating R
Tagline No one is more dangerous than the man who lives two lives.
Awards
Deauville Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
