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- 1983
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 2 h 50 m
- 1983
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 2 h 50 m
Directed By: Brian De Palma
Written By: Oliver Stone, Howard Hawks, Ben Hecht, Armitage Trail
- 1983
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 2 h 50 m
- 1983
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 2 h 50 m
Scarface
65
8.6
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Directed By: Brian De Palma
Written By: Oliver Stone, Howard Hawks, Ben Hecht, Armitage Trail
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
65
78% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
0% Mixed
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
22% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
65
78% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
0% Mixed
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
22% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
A beautiful, at times poetic exercise in excess from Brian De Palma.
Perfomances are excellent, and despite its moralistic conclusion, the film has since become de rigueur viewing for crack barons, who know a good shoot-em-up when they see one.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 826 User Ratings
8.6
91% Positive
753 Ratings
753 Ratings
4% Mixed
35 Ratings
35 Ratings
5% Negative
38 Ratings
38 Ratings
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 826 User Ratings
8.6
91% Positive
753 Ratings
753 Ratings
4% Mixed
35 Ratings
35 Ratings
5% Negative
38 Ratings
38 Ratings
Matthew Alexander "Matt" Sinegar [SIN-NA-GAR] (An EXTREMELY Mature & EXTREMELY Heterosexual (Straight) African-American/Black Man):
Scarface (1983) Is Literally Still One Of My All-Time Favorite Mafia & Gangster Flicks.
Tony Montana Is Literally Always One Of My All-Time Favorite Gangsters.
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Scarface is the most stylish and provocative - and maybe the most vicious - serious film about the American underworld since Francis Ford Coppola's "Godfather."
It is a serious, often hilarious peek under the rock where nightmares strut in $800 suits and Armageddon lies around the next twist of treason.
It plays like a crude "Godfather" parody, the sort that might amuse as a 10-minute sketch on "Saturday Night Live," but curdles and collapses as a 143-minute film. [09 Dec 1983]
Brian De Palma dedicates this 1983 feature to Howard Hawks and Ben Hecht, authors of the 1932 original, though I doubt they would find much honor in his gory inflation of their crisp, 90-minute comic nightmare into a klumbering, self-important, arrhythmic downer of nearly three hours.
One of the most overrated films of all time. For people that set out to glorify this lifestyle, there are much better films out there to be attracted towards (Goodfellas, for one). There are times it comes across like it's begging to be parodied (how often do you hear "say hello to my little friend?"). Every now and then, Oliver Stone's script shines and Al Pacino does his best, but ultimately, I believe, it falls flat.
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Nothing more that mountains of cocaine, and never-ending violence. Scarface has absolutely no storyline. It is true that hollywood only makes movies with action, that have absolutely no meaning these days.
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movie **** but it was creative so ill give it that dunk a cino ?? dunkin donut
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Production Company
Universal Pictures
Release Date Dec 9, 1983
Duration 2 h 50 m
Rating R
Tagline He was Tony Montana. The world will remember him by another name...SCARFACE.
Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 3 Nominations
Razzie Awards
• 1 Nomination
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA
• 1 Nomination
