Pennies From Heaven (1981)
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Reviews Counted:24
Fresh:20
Rotten:4
Average Rating:7/10
Consensus: A complicated little musical, Pennies from Heaven is a dazzling, tragic spectacle.
Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
Synopsis: Herbert Ross's PENNIES FROM HEAVEN is a lavish adaptation of the BBC series of the same name; it's a contemplative avant-garde musical in which drab everyday surroundings magically become movie... [More]
Starring: Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Christopher Walken, Jessica Harper
Director: Herbert Ross
Reviews for Pennies From Heaven
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Let's face the music and dance, indeed. Full Review |
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Potter adapted his immensely successful British TV series into a Hollywood script that maintained most of its intelligence as well as the musical numbers. Full Review |
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Perhaps this was not the project on which to lavish so many MGM millions. The BBC show was an enchanted cottage; this is the Las Vegas Grand Hotel. Full Review |
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Almost as if he were directing Pinter, Herbert Ross has actors speak a line, then wait two beats before delivering the next phrase. Technique smothers such ordinarily lively performers as Martin, Peters and Harper. Full Review |
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4/4 |
Not for everyone, but those who respond to it will find it unforgettable. Full Review |
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5/5 |
Underrated, fascinating musical starring Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters.
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4/5 |
O ótimo conceito deste musical torna-se ainda mais fascinante graças às belas coreografias, aos ricos figurinos, à impecável direção de arte e, é claro, à magnífica fotografia de Gordon Willis.
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2/4 |
Pennies from Heaven is dazzling and disappointing in equal measure. Full Review |
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2/5 |
The movie, though, is not easy to respond to. It's chilly without being provocative in any intellectual way. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Dark as night but perfectly lit, a little sad but with a song in its heart. Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
Doesn't quite work. Enough of it works, however, to give the film a shot, and it does in some ways improve with the passage of time. Full Review |
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