Deterministic crime movie, remarkably but not totally dour, honest, and life-sized. Dust-bin Hoffman, who sports mangy sideburns and mustache, blends very well into a nicely detailed lower-middle-class shabbiness. The lugubrious lighting poured over everything is a touch much, perhaps. And at the center of the movie is an ill-defined romance with a listless dishwater blonde whom Hoffman picks up in an employment agency. With Harry Dean Stanton, Gary Busey, and Theresa Russell; directed by Ulu Grosbard. (1978) — Duncan Shepherd
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