Keys to Tulsa (1997)

Keys to Tulsa (1997). 1h 53m | R

“Keys To Tulsa spends most of its two-hour length teetering on the brink of being a convoluted mess, but the wit and charm of the script and the cast combine to make it a worthwhile watch. Eric Stoltz is hilarious as the hapless Richter, delivering some great one-liners and generally appearing to enjoy the hell out of most of the movie despite his characteru0026#39;s fairly pathetic situation. There are a lot of characters with a lot of back story in Keys To Tulsa, and at times itu0026#39;s easy to forget who has done what to whom. (There are also three characters named Richter, Victor and Vicki in this movie, which may work on paper, but phonetically itu0026#39;s a little jarring, and thereu0026#39;s no apparent reason for them to have such similar-sounding names.) Overall, though, it works as kind of a slapsticky film noir. Mary Tyler Moore is a scream as Richteru0026#39;s mother, and Michael Rooker is reliably freaky as Richteru0026#39;s childhood friend. Give this one a shot. Itu0026#39;s not what youu0026#39;d call high art, but itu0026#39;s a lot of fun.”