Steineded How sad is this?

Merolliv I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

Fleur Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Staci Frederick Blistering performances.

The Couchpotatoes I don't get why this movie gets such a high rating. Maybe because it's from the seventies and we don't expect much quality from that period of time. Because Night Moves has absolutely not enough qualities to make it a great movie. The first hour nothing happens and you're struggling to stay interested in the movie. The last part of the movie finally gets some action, but not much, but it still doesn't make it a good a movie. To me the only interesting part was to see how some of the actors and actresses looked while they were young, but that's about it. The story is just too slow and boring to justify such a high rating. If this movie would come out in this age it would totally bomb. There are good old movies but this one ain't one of them.

alexanderdavies-99382 Surely a better film could have secured for Gene Hackman and director Arthur Penn. "Night Moves" certainly isn't worthy of these two talented individuals. The film seems to have been strung together in haste as the plot has no sense of continuity. There is no action to speak of, although the violence is plentiful. Anything with Gene Hackman is worth seeing, whether he is the leading man or providing solid support. He is about the only reason to see "Night Moves."

jadavix "Night Moves" is one of the better neo-noirs of the '70s, with Hackman in a similar role to the one Nicholson perfected in "Chinatown" the year before.I think the contribution that the filmmakers of the '70s made to film noir was to create a character who was as lost in the plot as we were. Bogart played a character who was a part of that world. He could manipulate it and duck in and out of it. The private detectives in "Night Moves" and "Chinatown" don't understand it and are fed up with it.The ending of "Night Moves" doesn't have the same punch as "Chinatown", though. It's well handled, but the final twist falls flat because it leaves you with too many unanswered questions. It's entirely possible we're not supposed to understand it, but if this is true, that's not communicated. I didn't find the movie leading up to it incomprehensible enough to indicate this.

Bene Cumb Now and then, for a change, it is sensible to watch movies from the eras where acting and craftsmanship really prevailed, without any digital opportunities to use. Crime movies are "easier" to enjoy than sci-fi ones, where solutions are too simplistic even for those not focusing on effects and fast exchange of scenes - absence of smart mobile technology is seldom distracting, and basic elements for solving crimes have been in use for centuries. Night Moves has most elements in place - thrilling plot with twists, unexpected ending, witty humor, family tensions... True, there are some clichés related to private investigators and trivial use of erotics, but they do not decrease the value of the movie. What I missed personally was the lack of real confrontation between the detective and his "enemies", the characters of them were rather schematic.Most of the names within the movie do not require introduction even for current film lovers - Gene Hackman, Jennifer Warren, Melanie Griffith, James Woods, whereas the last two give pleasant and memorable supporting performances. Hackman and Warren are always pleasant to follow, but they certainly give no best performances of their career.All in all, a decent watch for those fond of crimes without gangs and constant chases-shootings, where the truth is achieved piece by piece, and yet the final is surprising...