Mobbed Up
Added 1/28/2010
Critics usually use the term "underappreciated" for films like this. In numbers, it's probably true of "Montana", too, but not for those who "know". Never known Tucci to do a mediocre job and as the dying sharpshooter in this film he maintains his high standard. Kyra is a hoot: tough, loyal right bower to Tucci and (to an almost-fatal degree) to her undeserving boss, she's the right mix of velvet and steel. Strong cast (Hoffman, Tunney, Ritter).
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Surprise...
Added 2/25/2009
The entire family enjoyed the movie much more than I thought they would. Definitely a movie to see for those who appreciate Kyra Sedgwick, Stanly Tucci, and Robin Tunney... Even John Ritter is in the movie.
Though it may seem like it's going to be a dark movie, humor is spread throughout to keep it light. All I can say is the movie was very enjoyable and we've watched it several times since it's purchase.
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Not very good
Added 12/27/2007
There are many weak moments here, in writing, acting and directing. At first the script is decent and the actors ok, but the director was bringing nothing to the table. Then the writing and acting start to falter, but the director begins warming to his task (maybe realizing this film has NO HEART) and tries to spice things up with a few nice shots and starts blocking scenes more wisely. By the end, however, the mish-mash nature of it all took me nowhere.
There's not one character to care about, which is what makes crime dramadies worth seeing: feeling for people you normally could not. But here everyone is unsavory and if I don't like even one character, why should I care what happens to them? [spoiler coming] That they all die but one or two makes it even less pleasant.
The only highlights for me were Hoffman and Ritter, both of whom excel as sleazy bastards, and add some of the only relief, comic or otherwise, in this film. Sedgwick is weak and unconvincing and Tucci is better but still merely competent. Their romance has no spark and feels posed.
There are many many better movies of this sort around. Watch one of them instead.
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More people need to see this.
Added 7/23/2004
Aside from its refreshingly stripped-down plot, MONTANA is a pretty complex film. I say this because it works on so many levels, and is essentially impossible to pigeonhole stylistically. I suppose it's a crime drama more than anything else, but it's also hilarious, very violent, and not without a healthy dose of action fireworks.
Kyra Sedgewick is amazing as Claire, the only female part of a syndicate of hitmen. Her partner and possible love interest is terminally ill Nick (also played to perfection by Stanley Tucci). In charge of the whole operation is The Boss (Robbie Coltrane), and his assistant, Duncan (Philip Seymour Hoffman). When the Boss's mistress, Kitty (Robin Tunney) runs off, he sends Claire and his son, Jimmy (Ethan Embry), to go retrieve her. Once they find her, Jimmy attempts to rape her, and with nothing else to lose, Kitty shoots him in the head. This, of course, puts Claire in a very bad position.
Every aspect of this film is great. The screenplay (by Erich and Jon Hoeber) is witty, quick, very real, and devoid of convention. Leitzes's direction is down-to-earth, but hardly amateurish, and again, lacking any indie arrogance or MTV trickery. And you couldn't ask for a better group of actors -- there's a real chemistry there.
MONTANA is not going to change your life, but it is a truly exceptional film, and should certainly be unearthed from obscurity.
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You gotta love it
Added 5/2/2004
It is easy to see why this movie has with DVD reached cult status. It is John Woo perfect on the conflict between loyalty and integrity, with only two-thirds of the blood. "I love bananas because they have no bones and I hate peaches, because they have stones" - you gotta love it.
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