Rotten
Elaborate visual mounting and iconographic placement of the romantic leads are the movie's preoccupation, with the overthrow of Batista merely providing local color.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Havana
A gambler who trusted no one. A woman who risked everything. And a passion that brought them together in the most dangerous city in the world.
1990 · 2h 24m · R
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Sydney Pollack
Overview
During the revolution, a high-stakes gambler arrives in Cuba seeking to win big in poker games. Along the way, he meets and falls in love with the wife of a Communist revolutionary.
Director and cast
- Sydney Pollack Director
- Robert Redford as Jack Weil
- Lena Olin as Bobby Duran
- Alan Arkin as Joe Volpi
- Tomas Milian as Menocal
- Daniel Davis as Marion Chigwell
- Tony Plana as Julio Ramos
- Richard Farnsworth as Professor
- Mark Rydell as Meyer Lansky
- Richard Portnow as Mike MacClaney
- Dion Anderson as Roy Forbes
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
28%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Director Sydney Pollack and star Robert Redford have lost their normally dependable quality touch as they slog through a notably uncompelling $45 million-plus tale of a gringo caught up in the Cuban revolution.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
The glittering decadence of this culture on the verge of collapse is in fact the film's most fascinating aspect, and Mr. Pollack has re-created it extravagantly.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Rotten
Some fundamental things still do apply as time goes go by.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Rotten
At best, Pollack achieves a counterfeit sense of this atmosphere. But he insists on continuing the card game anyway, an over-extended misdeal of a movie that refuses to fold.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
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