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Pushing Tin (1999) Rank 2 Reviews
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Miradas desde el Sur (Leonel Delgado Aburto)
Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
It's an intriguing film, one of the year's most interesting, but involving as much of it is, it leaves an unsatisfied taste when it's over. ...read the complete Pushing Tin movie review at Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
The New York Times (Janet Maslin)
Newell's ensemble timing and breezily sardonic style make it work better than might be expected. ...read the complete Pushing Tin movie review at The New York Times (Janet Maslin)
Netflix (James Rocchi)
The Onion (A.V. Club) (Nathan Rabin)
A mess, but for the most part it's a fascinating mess. It helps that it boasts great acting all around--not just from Cusack, Thornton, and Jolie, but also from Cate ...read the complete Pushing Tin movie review at The Onion (A.V. Club) (Nathan Rabin)
DigitalVD.de (Carsten Scheibe)
Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
Makes you wish that Newell and company had had the gumption to finish what they so enticingly started. ...read the complete Pushing Tin movie review at Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
Box Office Magazine
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Boxoffice Magazine
MovieMaze (Thomas Brendel)
Greg's Previews at Yahoo! Movies (Greg Dean Schmitz)
Dallas Observer (Hal Hinson)
Ultimately, though, it is Angelina Jolie who ends up stealing the show. As Mary, she lets her eyelids droop and her lower lip swell as if she were just so full of sex that she's almost drunk. ...read the complete Pushing Tin movie review at Dallas Observer (Hal Hinson)
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
The premise is inherently interesting, but the screenplay (by Glen & Les Charles) is unwilling to take chances. Instead, it uses stock events to push events forward. ...read the complete Pushing Tin movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Christian Science Monitor (David Sterritt)
Bids for originality by focusing on an offbeat profession. Every other aspect is pretty stale, though, from the smart-alecky characters to the romantic-triangle plot. ...read the complete Pushing Tin movie review at Christian Science Monitor (David Sterritt)
Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
It's a glorious mess, though, with genuine bits of comic genius strewn amidst the rubble, not unlike a plane crash in its own way. ...read the complete Pushing Tin movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Christian Science Monitor (David Sterritt)
Pushing Tin bids for originality by focusing on an offbeat profession. Every other aspect is pretty stale, though, from the smart-alecky characters to the romantic-triangle plot. ...read the complete Pushing Tin movie review at Christian Science Monitor (David Sterritt)
Newsweek (David Ansen)
You're not sure where it's headed, but with an ensemble this good the aimlessness seems invigorating. It's when the plot kicks in that Newell's movie gets less interesting. It's frustrating to see such a promising premise, and such a delightful cast, ...read the complete Pushing Tin movie review at Newsweek (David Ansen)
Variety (Todd McCarthy)
Unfortunately, story's tension climaxes a half-hour before the film is over, and thereafter dissipates much of the charge and good will generated up to that point. ...read the complete Pushing Tin movie review at Variety (Todd McCarthy)
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Pushing Tin, from acclaimed British director Mike Newell (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Enchanted April), is the latest example of a movie that wastes a strong cast on a lame script. The film, billed as a dramatic comedy about the lives of air traffic cont ...read the complete Pushing Tin movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
The only thing that keeps the proceedings bearable is the cast gamely rolling with all the shameless sitcom punches the script keeps throwing at them. ...read the complete Pushing Tin movie review at Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
New York Magazine (Peter Rainer)
Barely rates faint praise. ...read the complete Pushing Tin movie review at New York Magazine (Peter Rainer)
Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
Greg's Previews at Yahoo! Movies (Greg Dean Schmitz)
Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)
Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
Steve Kong
Pushing Tin is one of those movies that have at its core a subject that is quite exciting, but fails to realize it to its full potential. With Pushing Tin, the core subject is the lives of air traffic controllers. The movie starts out well, but then it ...read the complete Pushing Tin movie review at Steve Kong
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Does have one saving grace, however. As Nick's long-suffering wife, Blanchett gives the movie some badly needed charisma, and its one point of sympathy -- even nobility. ...read the complete Pushing Tin movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer
TV Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
Contrived, meandering, clichéd and just plain preposterous. ...read the complete Pushing Tin movie review at TV Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
Time (Richard Corliss)
Tin tailspins into silliness and never regains its flight pattern. ...read the complete Pushing Tin movie review at Time (Richard Corliss)
So I Saw This Movie... (John Halbert)
Village Voice (Michael Atkinson)
Pushing Tin pivots on our dubious fascination with professional erection duels, which are a sad substitute for dramatic conflict. ...read the complete Pushing Tin movie review at Village Voice (Michael Atkinson)
The New Yorker (David Denby)
The clichéd macho silliness of the picture gets to be infuriating after a while. ...read the complete Pushing Tin movie review at The New Yorker (David Denby)
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