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movie-reviews.colossus.net - : As is almost inevitably true of any motion picture developed from a stage production, Frankie and Johnny is a talky affair. A lot more attention is paid to dialogue than action of any sort, and character interplay almost always takes precedence over plot development. These characteristics prove to be, at one time or another, both the strengths and weaknesses of the film. more...
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www.austinchronicle.com - : Frankie & Johnny is the “Eleanor Rigby” of movies: all the lonely people, where do they all come from? In opening up his two-character play Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, screenwriter Terrence McNally makes some pointed observations about a world in which human beings burrow inside emotional cocoons rather than make contact with the outside. Set primarily in a lower Manhattan greasy spoon where the waitress Frankie and the short-order cook Johnny work, the movie's focus is on their rocky little romance. (There are umpteen million stories in the Big City, and this is one of them.) more...
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3/5
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www.apolloguide.com - : Frankie (Michelle Pfeiffer) is a lonely waitress living alone in New York City. Her source of comfort comes from a new VCR and old romantic movies. Johnny (Al Pacino) is a nice guy who just happened to get caught doing a bad thing. Fresh from jail for forgery, he’s ready to get back into the world and prove he’s a changed man. Johnny lands a job as a cook at the diner where Frankie works. So, there you have it – two near-opposites in a big world, brought together because together they share the name of an old song. more...
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