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F.I.S.T.

1978 · 2h 25m · PG Action, Drama
Directed by Norman Jewison

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Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher his methods become more ruthless and finally senator Madison starts a campaign to find the truth about the alleged connections with the Mob.

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80%
Tomatometer
Rotten

F.I.S.T. stands for nearly 2 1/2 hours of almost unmitigated boredom-a misfired would-be proletarian epic with Sylvester Stallone misplaying the Jimmy Hoffa part with a self-confidence that borders on the sublime.

Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine
Fresh

F.I.S.T. is to the labor movement in the United States what All the King's Men was to an era in American politics.

Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh

F.I.S.T. is a big movie that benefits more from the accumulation of small, ordinary detail than from any particular wit or inspiration of vision. It's also played with great conviction by its huge cast.

Vincent Canby, New York Times
Fresh

Stallone's performance is a superb blend of stubborn-jawed gravity and ironic hamming.

Time Out

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