Overview
A womanizer meets his match when he falls for the daughter of a gambling addict who is in debt to the mob.
If you would have told me that there was a movie that starred Hopper, Keitel, Aiello and half of the cast of the Sopranos and I haven’t seen it, I would have sat down to watch it immediately. Unfortunately, it also stars a very young (and happy to be there!) Robert Downey Jr. and Molly Ringwald, and this tells us that it is an 80’s “comedy”. There really is very little for the viewer in this movie. Downey Jr. plays a young man that spends his free time trying to pick up women. Ringwald is a woman that is a tough nut to crack, not to mention she has a serious problem. The whole movie felt rather hokey. I might have given it a slightly higher rating if not for the completely awful dialog in the last few scenes.
IHATEBadMovies.com reviews The Pick-up Artist
Movie title: The Pick-up Artist
Movie description: A womanizer meets his match when he falls for the daughter of a gambling addict who is in debt to the mob.
Date published: 2024-01-30
Director(s): James Toback
Actor(s): Molly Ringwald, Robert Downey Jr., Dennis Hopper, Danny Aiello, Harvey Keitel, Vanessa Williams, Mildred Dunnock, Brian Hamill, Tamara Bruno, Angie Kempf, Polly Draper, Frederick Koehler, Robert Towne, Victoria Jackson, Lorraine Bracco, Bob Gunton, Christine Baranski, Tony Sirico, Joe Spinell, Clem Caserta, Victor Argo, Fred Melamed, Christine Sclafani, Alexis Cruz, Sidney Armus, Michelle Eabry, Anna Lee, Isabel García Lorca, Reni Santoni, Geoffrey Nauffts, Edward Rowan, Tom Signorelli, Frank Gio, Bob Maroff, Anne Bobby, Jilly Rizzo, Meghan Lahey, Mary Griffin, Brad Frankel
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Crime
My Review
If you would have told me that there was a movie that starred Hopper, Keitel, Aiello and half of the cast of the Sopranos and I haven’t seen it, I would have sat down to watch it immediately. Unfortunately, it also stars a very young (and happy to be there!) Robert Downey Jr. and Molly Ringwald, and this tells us that it is an 80’s “comedy”. There really is very little for the viewer in this movie. Downey Jr. plays a young man that spends his free time trying to pick up women. Ringwald is a woman that is a tough nut to crack, not to mention she has a serious problem. The whole movie felt rather hokey. I might have given it a slightly higher rating if not for the completely awful dialog in the last few scenes.
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My Review - 5/10
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