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The Big Easy (1986)

Crime | 102 minutes
2,93 236 votes

Genre: Crime / Romance

Duration: 102 minuten

Country: United States

Directed by: Jim McBride

Stars: Dennis Quaid, Ellen Barkin and Ned Beatty

IMDb score: 6,5 (14.590)

Releasedate: 27 November 1986

The Big Easy plot

"A cop and a lady lawyer caught in an explosive truth of police corruption."

Hard-boiled detective Remy (Dennis Quaid) has two problems: a series of gang murders and the attractive Anne (Ellen Barkin). He cannot solve the murders and Anne investigates corruption within the police, something that Remy is also guilty of. He and Anne fall for each other like a rock. But despite their steamy love affair, Anne has to sue him. As that problem gets bigger and bigger, the gangs deny having anything to do with the murders. Remy begins to suspect that something far more dangerous is going on. Soon he finds himself in deep trouble that he must fight to survive.

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J. Clouseau

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Started off very well, with beautiful images of New Orleans, the sultry atmosphere, the swinging Cajun music and Dennis Quaid in good shape, but fell completely after a while. The court scenes didn't interest me at all, and neither did the further ending of the story.

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blurp194

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hermaphroditic.

Because despite the very questionable production values and the sloppy editing, this is actually almost a masterpiece in a way. Like the uber-ugly Quaid and Barkin splashing off the screen anyway. Like the cajun music sung by Uncle So much. In a city ruled by quaint people like Daddy Mention and Vinnie DiMotti. Or any wiseguy it is today. Very well done as background interpretation, and nice that John Goodman is not one of the good guys.

In historical terms, a nice polar opposite of that other police film with Ellen Barkin, Sea of Love (1989). Two police films with Barkin as the love interest, and yet completely different. And also both a kind of time image. I have a kind of cinematic sentimentality for both, I saw both films several times in the cinema, followed all the reruns on TV, and then ran out of my body to get the DVDs. And every time it turns out that this was something right after a review. Despite the fact that it also looks very much like some kind of TV movie.

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Filmkriebel

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Not so special. It seemed like this movie wanted to come across as a comedy at times. There's no middle ground between a compelling police survey and something akin to rom-com. Clumsily, a 9 And a half Weeks-like scene is thrown in here to brighten up sultry New Orleans with a bit of eroticism. I find Quaid a bit annoying in his almost clownish role as a corrupt police officer. Liked Barkin and Ned Beatty a lot better then. Big Easy is a film that clearly has good will behind it, but perishes because of wrong choices in the execution. Not bored and the actors can't be blamed, that's why a small but really small 3 *

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