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Bugsy

Glamour was the disguise.

1991 · 2h 16m · R Crime, Drama, Mystery
Directed by Barry Levinson

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Overview

New York gangster Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel takes a brief business trip to Los Angeles. A sharp-dressing womanizer with a foul temper, Siegel doesn't hesitate to kill or maim anyone crossing him. In L.A. the life, the movies, and most of all strong-willed Virginia Hill detain him while his family wait back home. Then a trip to a run-down gambling joint at a spot in the desert known as Las Vegas gives him his big idea.

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Critics on Rotten Tomatoes

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All reviews
84%
Tomatometer
Fresh

From James Toback's crackling script to Warren Beatty's electric performance as gangster Ben Siegel, Bugsy is so engrossing that you feel uncharitable mentioning that while splendid in individual scenes, Barry Levinson's movie lacks propulsion.

Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer
Fresh

What finally distinguishes Bugsy from other mob movies is its ever-present sense of the absurd.

John Hartl, Seattle Times
Fresh

Insouciant and flashy, co-producer Beatty is at his best when evoking the narcissistic, show-business side of Siegel.

Clifford Terry, Chicago Tribune
Fresh

A great deal of the fun of watching this very assured film is seeing with what energetic panache the actor takes on the mantle of the mobster J. Edgar Hoover once called "the most dangerous man in America."

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Fresh

The picture belongs, in every sense of the word, to Beatty.

Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine

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