A sport film starts when pool hustler Fast Eddie Felson finds the young and promising pool player, Vincent in a local bar and he sees in him a younger version of himself. So as to make it as in the old days, Eddie offers to teach Vincent how to be a hustler.
12 October 1944, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA
8 May 1913, New York City, New York, USA
17 November 1958, Lombard, Illinois, USA
21 April 1947, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
24 February 1951, St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada
17 November 1942, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
29 March 1946, Brooklyn, New York, USA
26 January 1925, Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA
27 October 1955, Chicago, Illinois, USA
April 08, 2017
Yes, sure, this is mid-level Scorsese. But it says something about the director that his mid-level work still beats the hell out of just about anyone else's best.
February 06, 2017
Though this is clearly Newman's picture, Tom Cruise also is a joy to watch.
August 01, 2008
We are not on Rocky's side of the street, but in Martin Scorsese country, where bent character, not sentiment, shapes destiny, and the best the struggling human spirit can hope for is a split decision.
February 06, 2017
The premise might sound interesting, but the plotting is so utterly predictable that The Color of Money turns into a pool-room variation of The Karate Kid.
March 26, 2007
Pic has a distinctive pulse of its own with exceptional performances by Paul Newman and Tom Cruise.
December 15, 2016
[Scorsese] delivers the cinematic charge of the pool room culture of hustle and gamesmanship along with the education of a young protégé lacking self and a mentor who has yet to face his own conflicted feelings about the game.
October 25, 2014
There's nothing [Martin Scorsese] made so achingly generic and impersonal as this.
February 06, 2017
Scorsese is peerless at mining the streaks of courage and excellence that might redeem such low-life sleaze. And Scorsese again proves himself a master with actors.
February 06, 2017
The confrontational climax never quite convinces, but Richard Price's knockout script is one to treasure and director Martin Scorsese brings his trademark visual style to bear on the production.
June 30, 2012
It's entertaining and at times even insightful, but nowhere near as powerful-or memorable-as "The Hustler."
February 06, 2017
It is a surprise, and a disappointment.
March 26, 2007
A solidly crafted entertainment that, for the most part, strikes a successful balance between commercial necessity and personal expression.
