Mikey und Nicky (1976)

Mikey und Nicky: Directed by Elaine May. With Rose Arrick, Carol Grace, William Hickey, Sanford Meisner. Nicky is on the run from the mob, and he turns to old pal Mikey for help.

“People are going crazy for this film here: u0026quot;one of the best films ever madeu0026quot;, u0026quot;lost classicu0026quot; u0026quot;10 star movieu0026quot;, etc, etc. When I finally got hold of a disc, I was wetting myself in anticipation.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eFriends, it ainu0026#39;t all that. Itu0026#39;s watchable. Reasonably entertaining. Often feels like itu0026#39;s gonna go somewhere profound, though never does. Has lovely little moments. But it meanders, is unnecessarily technically inept (it was a major studio picture with people like the great Lucien Ballard involved) and somehow never has the courage of itu0026#39;s convictions. Cassavetesu0026#39; similar film from the same period, u0026#39;The Killing Of a Chinese Bookieu0026#39;, is far better.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI donu0026#39;t dislike the film. It has a great 70u0026#39;s texture and plenty of lovable eccentricities, such as the brief musical u0026#39;scoreu0026#39;( anyway you look at it, it doesnu0026#39;t work, but I sort of enjoyed it for that reason). Thereu0026#39;s one scene I really liked: Cassavetes walks into an all-night candy store (as a Brit, the concept of that alone excites me) and tries to buy ice-cream. Nothing worth really talking about happens, but itu0026#39;s quirky and entertaining. Itu0026#39;s that kind of movie.”