
Based loosely on the organized crime syndicates of the 20's and 30's, Billy Bathgate is the story of a young man's rise from gopher to right hand man in Dutch Schultz' gang. Having been impressed by the youth, Schultz takes him under his wing so to speak. Billy soon finds himself in a world where wealth and fortune live next door to danger and death.... (Full plot summary below)
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Based loosely on the organized crime syndicates of the 20's and 30's, Billy Bathgate is the story of a young man's rise from gopher to right hand man in Dutch Schultz' gang. Having been impressed by the youth, Schultz takes him under his wing so to speak. Billy soon finds himself in a world where wealth and fortune live next door to danger and death.
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| Nitrate OnlineDan LybargerUninspired but intriguing gangster flick with fine work from Hoffman and Kidman. |
| VarietyStaffDespite Dean's alert, open performance, Billy remains an opaque witness to events that are unfolding over his head. Hoffman's performance also is problematic. |
| NewsweekDavid AnsenBilly Bathgate isn't an embarrassment, but it's a puzzle. Watching it, you can't locate the passion that drew the filmmakers to it in the first place. |
| Washington PostDesson ThomsonDespite the shaggy dog sense of fun, Bathgate fades before you've left your seat. |
| User ReviewAndrew WSo what if this tanked at the B.O. (and was eviscerated by critics). I found the milieu of 30s prohibition absolutely intoxicating and Nicole Kidman has never been sexier (she wears these bewitching characters like a second skin, unlike all those wounded heroines she plays). |
| User ReviewDC EAll time great mobster classic movie, one of the best out there. Just watch it and see. Why do I waste me time, so many movies to review because everyone in the world sucks ass and doesn't have any taste and does know awesomeness when they see it. Movie dick over and out |
| User ReviewTheScarlatescu Rgreat movie, great story, good mob movie although underrated, nice nude scenes (yes plural) from Nicole Kidman who looks amazing, a bit of Mrs Robinson in the story, ironically in a movie with the "graduate" himself, Dustin Hoffman brilliant as usual, and it was nice to see Steven Hill as another character than the all powerful Adam Schiff from Law & Order |
| User ReviewWrik Sgreat movie, great story, good mob movie although underrated, nice nude scenes (yes plural) from Nicole Kidman who looks amazing, a bit of Mrs Robinson in the story, ironically in a movie with the "graduate" himself, Dustin Hoffman brilliant as usual, and it was nice to see Steven Hill as another character than the all powerful Adam Schiff from Law & Order |
| User ReviewJubeen SWorth seeing for every actor in it except the title character. |
| User ReviewBarry LBrilliant and the forerunner for some of the best gangster fims made. |