The Big Town
The Big Town

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J.C. Cullen arrives in Chicago in 1957 from a small town. With a talent for winning at craps, he tries to embark as a professional gambler. He breaks the bank at a private craps game at the Gem Club, owned by the dangerous and brutal George Cole, and falls for two women, one of whom is Cole's wife. He ignores advice to steer clear of both Coles. Infuriated, Cole wagers everything on the craps table, including the Gem Club itself, and he and Cullen have it out.... (Full plot summary below)

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J.C. Cullen arrives in Chicago in 1957 from a small town. With a talent for winning at craps, he tries to embark as a professional gambler. He breaks the bank at a private craps game at the Gem Club, owned by the dangerous and brutal George Cole, and falls for two women, one of whom is Cole's wife. He ignores advice to steer clear of both Coles. Infuriated, Cole wagers everything on the craps table, including the Gem Club itself, and he and Cullen have it out.

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Salon - 10/10 by Stephanie ZacharekEverything about Pee-wee's Big Adventure, from its toy-box colors to its superb, hyperanimated Danny Elfman score to the butch-waxed hairdo and wooden-puppet walk of its star and mastermind, Pee-wee Herman, is pure pleasure.
Chicago Sun-Times - 9/10 by Roger EbertThe story is predictable, but the style had me on the edge of my seat.
Boston Globe - 8/10 by Jay CarrThe wrong crowd will find these antics infantile and offensive. The right one will have a howling good time.
Los Angeles Times - 8/10 by Kevin ThomasThis huge cliche of a movie isn't even a distant relation of films like The Color of Money, which can actually make you root for hustlers. The Big Town only proves we've gone back to the 1950's one time too many.
Chicago Reader - 7/10 by Dave KehrWith all these safety features built in, this 1985 film is too well padded to qualify as genuinely radical wit, but in an even-toned, TV sort of way it's mildly amusing and inventive throughout.
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) - 6/10 by Liam LaceyChildren should love the film and adults will be dismayed by the light brushstrokes with which Paul Reubens (one of three credited screenwriters, but star-billed under his stage name, Pee-wee Herman) suggests touches of Buster Keaton and Eddie Cantor.
Chicago Tribune - 4/10 by Johanna SteinmetzThe Big Town aims to be The Hustler with dice, but it's just a lot of craps -- a laughable, overlong look at a small-town gambler's comeuppance at the hands of Chicago's high rollers.
Washington Post - 3/10 by Desson ThomsonAdd Big Town's collection of spotty characters (with motives murkier than the cinematography), cliche'-laden dialogue (from We gotta get out of here to I can change, I can change), abruptly ended scenes, no exposition when you need it, poor sense of drama (a deep breath), and you have something that should be pitched out into the alley behind the dingiest bar in town.
The New York Times - 1/10 by Vincent CanbyPee-Wee's Big Adventure is the most barren comedy I've seen in years, maybe ever.
User Review - 8/10 by ZilcellI find it so funny. This movie has a different style compared to most comedies. Overall, the story here is thin ice, but the humor is great.

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