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Fat City

Life is what happens in between rounds.

1972 · 1h 37m · PG Drama
Directed by John Huston

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Overview

Two men, working as professional boxers, come to blows when their careers each begin to take opposite momentum.

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Fresh

So you say to yourself, this Fat City is pretty damn realistic, even if you know in your heart that "realistic" and Hollywood should not be printed on the same page-otherwise paper ignites. Still, you're marveling at it.

David Thomson, The New Republic
Fresh

A terse, sharp, downbeat but compassionate look at the underside of smalltown American life in the west.

Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh

The movie is crafty work and very much a show. In one way or another, right down to the percussively abrupt open ending, it's all about being hammered.

J. Hoberman, Village Voice
Fresh

Marvellous, grimly downbeat study of desperate lives and the escape routes people construct for themselves, stunningly shot by Conrad Hall.

Tom Milne, Time Out
Fresh

The movie's edges are filled with small, perfect character performances.

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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