
After incurring the wrath of the mob, a comic flees Detroit for Chicago taking the name "Mickey One" from a stolen Social Security card from a homeless bum he witnesses being beaten up and robbed. As he returns to the stage and becomes successful, he fears that the mob will track him down. He wishes to square himself with the mob, but doesn't know what he did to anger them or what his debt is.... (Full plot summary below)
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After incurring the wrath of the mob, a comic flees Detroit for Chicago taking the name "Mickey One" from a stolen Social Security card from a homeless bum he witnesses being beaten up and robbed. As he returns to the stage and becomes successful, he fears that the mob will track him down. He wishes to square himself with the mob, but doesn't know what he did to anger them or what his debt is.
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| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyFlawed (it's A bit artsy and pretentious), but full of interesting ideas and characters, this collaboration between star Warren Beatty and director Arthur Penn precedes by two years Bonnie and Clyde, their masterpiece. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzPretentious art film that lacks the power to hold the viewer's attention. |
| Village VoiceNick PinkertonWest Chicago has never been more lunar and rapturously stark than as filmed by Ghislain Cloquet for Penn's Mickey One. |
| User ReviewZoran SThis is a fascinating and highly unusual film. It is indeed one of the oddest studio films made in the 1960s. I am not sure how really to describe it. A road-movie variant of Orson Welles's The Trial? (The tone of much of the film reminds me of Kafka.) An American version of Godard's Alphaville? However it should be described, it's a fascinating film. |
| User ReviewJackson SA stylish, off-kilter movie brimming with atmosphere and great characters. Should be viewed multiple times. |
| User ReviewFreddie FAn existential nightmare about a man coming to terms with the imminence of his eventual death. An overlooked and undervalued classic. One of the greatest American films ever made. |
| User ReviewKen SMickey One stars a young Warren Beatty as a nightclub comic whom is on the run from the mob. He settles down in Chicago, where he changes his name to Mickey One. As Mickey One starts to see his star rise, his paranoia and fear of the mob begins to haunt him. Arthur Penn's early film reminded me a lot of some French New Wave films. The film is very artistically shot and designed, featuring some great montages and scenes throughout. The film really picked up for me once Mickey begins to fall for Jenny (Alexandra Stewart). The audience is able to see into Mickey's soul and relate to his fear and anxiety from this point on. The film also really does a great job of showing Mickey's increasing paranoia as he becomes fearful for his life. The montages in particular are fantastic, specifically the opening scene and the scene which shoes Mickey and Jenny falling in love. The highlight of thie film being the Spotlight scene, which has some incredible tension and unease. Mickey One is not a conventional hollywood flick, and one of Penns better films for sure. |
| User ReviewJenna IThis movie is flawed but it's such a great idea, with a great soundtrack and a fun lead that you can't help but fall for it anyhow. At least I couldn't- I super enjoyed this movie, it really was a Kafkaesque trip through a brilliant jazz soundtrack and some really unforgettable cinematography. What a great little film. |
| User ReviewKyria AThis was pretty cool except that the movie continued for about 20 additional minutes after it ended. |
| User ReviewLaird JAn interesting, highly flawed effort. A pretty typical "guy on the lam from the mob because of a debt" story is infused with existentialism and arthouse pretensions that were in vogue at the time. Not that that's what's bad about this movie. It just feels a bit more forced than something more loose and freewheeling from America like "Hi, Mom!" Warren Beatty's performance is a bit stiff, but there's some interesting photography and great humor to be found in the mess. |