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| TriStar Pictures | Release Date: July 20, 1990 |
Starring:
Bruno Kirby, Frank Whaley, Jon Polito, Kenneth Welsh, Marlon Brando, Matthew Broderick, Pamela Payton-Wright, Paul Benedict, Penelope Ann Miller, Richard Gant
Summary:
An N.Y.C. film school student (Matthew Broderick) accepts a job with a local mobster who resembles a famous cinema godfather and who takes the young man under his wing, after demanding total loyalty.
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Marvelous supporting performances from scene-stealing Kirby, Maximilian Schell, Paul Benedict as the nutty professor and Frank Whaley as Broderick's quiff-coiffed room mate pile on the pleasures, but the sight of Marlon Brando on ice skates is surely the absolute treat in a film well worth rooting for.
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When was the last time you were really surprised in a movie? These days, it seems, most movies are homogenized and safely predictable in order to appeal to the widest possible audience without disturbing anyone. Surprise! Here's "The Freshman," a quirky sleeper with something truly unexpected around every corner.
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The Freshman isn't big at all, but it's no bauble, and it's no genre piece. It's quite unhinged, in fact -- the film seems continuously on the verge of spinning off into madness. It never does, which is kind of too bad. But it's never dull, and it's never cute, and it's not at all what Brando thought it was. [27 July 1990, p.G5]
Not nearly that bad, hardly that good - just an amiable, good-natured,
fun-loving flick with moments of low comedy that will be remembered for .
. . well, hours, maybe. [20 July 1990]
No actor has ever been more contemptuous of his profession -- or the movie business as a whole -- than Brando; to him, acting is nothing, and his performance here shows his self-loathing, his desire to trash himself and his accomplishments. This isn't self-parody, it's self-desecration.
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Aug 18, 2019
When the certain animal gets loose in the mall parking lot (no spoilers), I almost pulled an ab muscle I was laughing so hard. It's an oddity of a film, but there are some huge laughs in it. There's really no other film like this.
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