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- 1978
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 44 m
- 1978
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 44 m
Summary A fictional retelling of the infamous Boston Brink's Company robbery on January 17th, 1950, of $2.7M, and cost the American taxpayers $29M to apprehend the culprits with only $58,000 recovered.
Directed By: William Friedkin
Written By: Walon Green, Noel Behn
- 1978
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 44 m
- 1978
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 44 m
The Brink's Job
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Summary A fictional retelling of the infamous Boston Brink's Company robbery on January 17th, 1950, of $2.7M, and cost the American taxpayers $29M to apprehend the culprits with only $58,000 recovered.
Directed By: William Friedkin
Written By: Walon Green, Noel Behn
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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50% Positive
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What we have here is basically two hours of inventive, colorfully imagined entertainment, with the Brinks job laid on top: A movie-movie, so to speak, and fun from beginning to end.
I wouldn’t call it an overlooked masterpiece, but it’s eccentric studio filmmaking of a tall order (not to mention hilarious in spots). It certainly looks like nothing else coming out of Hollywood at present.
It's loud-mouthed, colourful fun. [18 Apr 2020, p.21]
As in his last film, "Sorcerer," Mr. Friedkin seems bent on supplying us with more sociological information than is entirely necessary, whereas more information about the heist itself would have been welcome.
Unquestionably, there is a good story here — as Universal itself demonstrated some years ago in Seven Bridges to Cross. But Friedkin has failed to tell it.
All technical credits are first rate, but Friedkin doesn't draw enough on his substantial cinematic talent.
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