The Color of Money

  • 1986


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Positive Reviews 24
Negative reviews 2
Average Rating 3.8/5
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3.1
Many of the scenes in this movie are almost formula, despite the energy of Scorseses direction and the good performances. Rogerebert
4.0
Thats no small feat for a character and a film that seems on the surface to be about greed is good morality. Common Sense Media
4.5
Pic has a distinctive pulse of its own with exceptional performances by Paul Newman and Tom Cruise. Variety
4.5
Scorseses direction at its most downmarket and upbeat never have pool tables, balls and cues looked so rich and strange. Time Out
4.5
Scorsese gets you inside the game in a way most sports movies never hint at.
1.5
In the end, Money is a scratch, a contrived cliffhanger that sets us up for Hustler III.
4.0
A joy to see two masters (Scorsese and Newman) at ease with their work, and one, Cruise, in the making.
4.0
The Color of Money shines as a stirring movie about starting out as a young Turk and starting over as a man born again. Spirituality And Practice
3.0
The film tries to tell us that the pool hustle is no different from the game of life and shuns going for the expected climactic showdown pool hall gam .. Sover
3.8
The Color of Money is even less of a sports film than its predecessor.Its about the characters and their relationships. ReelViews
3.5
Boasts two bravura performances from Newman, who finally and deservedly won an Oscar for Best Actor, and Cruise, who is a joy to behold. Watch for For .. Tv Guide
4.0
The confrontational climax never quite convinces, but Richard Prices knockout script is one to treasure and director Martin Scorsese brings his tradem .. Radio Times
2.0
Though well crafted and visually assured, due to Michael Ballhauss bravura camera work and Scorseses dazzling helming touches, Color of Money is glitz .. Emanuellevy
4.0
We are not on Rockys side of the street, but in Martin Scorsese country, where bent character, not sentiment, shapes destiny, and the best the struggl .. Time
3.5
Mr. Prices screenplay doesnt have the single minded drive and satisfying shapeliness of the original film. Ny Times
4.5
Everything, including a splendid cast, works like a clockwork mechanism in which Scorsese faces youth with experience.
3.5
Scorsese along with long time editor Thelma Shoemaker has created an energetic, driving, and deeply felt film. Matts Movie Reviews
4.0
But even that narrative circularity cant diminish the whiplash energy of the pool sequences. Flavor Wire
4.5
A solidly crafted entertainment that, for the most part, strikes a successful balance between commercial necessity and personal expression. Chicago Reader
3.8
This is the devil talking, and the old boys discourse is, as always, irresistible, full of promises of secret power and secret triumph. Articles Chicago Tribune
3.1
The film contains a beguiling simplicity and one classic scene in which a basketball becomes a lethal instrument.In sum, a decent, insignificant littl .. Articles Chicago Tribune
4.0
Scorsese is peerless at mining the streaks of courage and excellence that might redeem such low life sleaze. And Scorsese again proves himself a maste .. People
5.0
delivers the cinematic charge of the pool room culture of hustle and gamesmanship along with the education of a young protg lacking self and a mentor .. Stream On Demand At Home
5.0
It doesnt really work, and the moment the stakes are raised beyond the thrill of a win, the life seems to drain from the movie. Movie Martyr
4.0
Hustlings The Game In Color Of Money Eddie, who has quit playing pool, sells whiskey these days and manages young pool hustlers. Articles Orlando Sentinel
3.5
Its entertaining and at times even insightful, but nowhere near as powerful or memorable as The Hustler. Movie Metropolis



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