What is so enjoyable, apart from Harry Wild's shimmering camerawork, is the tongue-in-cheek tone of the script and performances, best evidenced in the sparkling banter and innuendo between Mitchum and Russell.
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06/24/06
Macao (1952)
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Reviews Counted:9
Fresh:5
Rotten:4
Average Rating:5.7/10
Runtime: 81 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: Set in (where else?) Macao, China, film dramatizes the intertwined lives of three transplanted Americans: a droll, sexy chanteuse, a former soldier who's on-the-lam, and an undercover cop... [More]
Starring: Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, William Bendix, Gloria Grahame
Director: Josef Von Sternberg, Nicholas Ray
Reviews for Macao
1 - 10 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
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03/26/09
Top Critica load of atmosphere and malarkey in search of a coherent storyline
03/18/09
An exciting film noir entry, steaming up the screen with sultry, sexy Russell and a somnambulistic Mitchum who manage to clinch often, despite their sneering disregard for each other.
10/23/07
Top CriticSternberg's personality survives; what's missing is the soul that might have turned the artifice and self-parody into poetry.
10/23/07
...a slow-paced, thoroughly dull piece of work...
02/04/07
All the other ingredients, including Miss Russell's famed physique, are pretty much the same as have been tumbled into previous cheesecakes with Jane and Bob.
03/25/06
Top CriticNo review available.
07/05/05
If you are looking for an underrated film noir gem--that somehow got swept under the rug--this is it!
01/12/05
Stylish noir from Sternberg.
08/18/04
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