Scarface

Name: Scarface
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Crime
Released: December 9, 1983
Duration: 170 min
Rating: 65
Cast: Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer

1983

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Universal Pictures | Release Date: December 9, 1983 | X

Starring: Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer

Summary: Cuban immigrant Tony Montana (Pacino) builds a Miami drug empire in the 1980s.

Director: Brian De Palma

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Crime

Rating: X

Runtime: 170 min

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Roger Ebert

Scarface is one of those special movies, like "The Godfather," that is willing to take a flawed, evil man and allow him to be human. Read full review

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TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

A beautiful, at times poetic exercise in excess from Brian De Palma. Read full review

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Empire Andy Gill

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. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

Scarface is a grandiose modern morality play, excessive, broad and operatic at times. Read full review

Richard Corliss

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. Read full review

Jay Scott

Scarface is a B- movie with singularly silly psychological pretensions: its neo-primitivism is to the complex moral cosmos of Francis Coppola's "Godfather" saga as Disney is to Dickens. [09 Dec 1983]

Dave Kehr

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. Read full review

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randomdude

Jun 7, 2011

I'm insanely in love withe this movie. I will say no more.. watch it.

Whether you are shocked or dismayed and digusted.... well, it's awesome either way.

I'm an adult, and was one at 18 when I first saw and loved it. We each have our own opinions.

GAWD I LUV THIS MOVIE!

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NAGELDA

Jan 21, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Scarface shows a summary of rise of a Cuban refugee, at the first Tony Montana works for 500 dolars, and he step ups slowly, but then smell of money was good and tried to up the steps more fast and with more ambition. This movie is definitely not showing how drug empires are good, this movie is describing us, being greedy and money ambition is not a great thing, Tony Montana character probably most greedy person in Hollywood. Basically that's the movie's main spirit. Movie reflects Miami perfectly, no awkward things, you should watch this movie, I watched for 9th time yesterday and it's still so enjoable.… Expand

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julian_zizzle

Oct 15, 2011

This is one of the peaks of cinema history, totally epic if you ask me. Characters, music, story...And the original theme of this movie. Watch it and then you will see.

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gaber

Feb 16, 2009

How can somebody give this movie less than an 8? this movie is one of the greatest I have ever seen. It may be a little hard to follow at times and the end sucks, but Everything else in the movie makes that forgivable. Pure Genius

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EpicLadySponge

Apr 4, 2016

I usually want to say that famous line from this movie from any incoming negative ratings and/or reviews from this movie. Just say it anyways. To anyone who's about to give this movie a negative, say hello to my little friend!

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AdrianOst07

Apr 29, 2021

Scarface is a true classic in cinema that still holds up to this day. It's a movie worth watching starring Al Pacino as Tony Montana, possibly one of my favourite and best characters created and they couldn't of picked anyone better to portray him. The movie has interesting aspects it looksScarface is a true classic in cinema that still holds up to this day. It's a movie worth watching starring Al Pacino as Tony Montana, possibly one of my favourite and best characters created and they couldn't of picked anyone better to portray him. The movie has interesting aspects it looks at, and the storyline is dark and melancholic. Definitely a movie worth watching and a movie I'll be rewatching in the future.… Expand

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Greatbeallo

Jan 27, 2012

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The most overrated movie ever? Possibly. I know that so many people drool over Scarface, but I honestly think it is a steaming pile of ***t. The reason that it gets a one instead of a zero is for the iconic final moments of the film. I was so glad to watch Tony die.… Expand

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