{"id":2466,"date":"2010-02-24T12:44:07","date_gmt":"2010-02-24T10:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/?p=2466"},"modified":"2015-07-22T21:22:43","modified_gmt":"2015-07-22T19:22:43","slug":"billy-bathgate-with-dustin-hoffman-and-nicole-kidman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/billy-bathgate-with-dustin-hoffman-and-nicole-kidman\/","title":{"rendered":"Billy Bathgate with Dustin Hoffman and Nicole Kidman"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I should be ashamed. I am a Hoffman and a Kidman fan, but I hadn\u2019t even heard of this one. My bad. But then again, I have so many actors to follow. I missed the first 20 minutes or so, but it is a movie where the plot is pretty straight-forward so catching up was easy.<\/p>\n

Dutch Schultz’ (Hoffman) is a gang leader. He is smart, quick and pretty ruthless. He is having his fun with the pretty, young and free-spirited Drew (Kidman<\/a>). He also has a young rookie under his wing: Billy (Dean). Billy wants the glamor and the power. But there are two things wrong with him. 1) He is too nice to be a successful crook. 2) His admiration for Dutch gets overshadowed by his admiration for Drew.<\/p>\n

As if these aren’t enough, anyone working for Dutch could be in danger because of a more powerful guy as well. ..<\/p>\n

The movie is fun. It is not complicated or really orginal. I am not going to suggest you go running to the closest DVD store but you shouldn\u2019t flip the channel if you run across this one either. I never saw a movie where Hoffman was any less than good. Kidman is so young here. I especially loved Loren Dean- casting him was the perfect choice because he portrays innocence, indecision and conflicts so well. The movie has another couple of niice surprises: It has Stanley Tucci and Steve Buscemi. Even Bruce Willis makes an appearance.<\/p>\n

Entertaining experience with actors you like.<\/p>\n