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Dick Tracy
1990 105 min United States of America PG 12+
★6.9
Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Director: Warren Beatty
💬 Based on the comic
«Dick Tracy»
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Description
The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.
Budget:
$47M
US Gross:
$103.74M
Worldwide:
$103.74M
Starring
Warren Beatty
Actor
Madonna
Actor
Al Pacino
Actor
Awards
BAFTA 1991
— Best Production Design
BAFTA 1991
— Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Academy Awards 1991
— Best Production Design
BAFTA 1991
— Best Sound
Saturn Awards 1991
— Best Fantasy Film
Saturn Awards 1991
— Best Actress
BAFTA 1991
— Best Supporting Actor
Golden Globe 1991
— Best Picture (Comedy or Musical)
Academy Awards 1991
— Best Sound
Academy Awards 1991
— Best Production Design
Academy Awards 1991
— Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Academy Awards 1991
— Best Original Song
Academy Awards 1991
— Best Supporting Actor
Academy Awards 1991
— Best Cinematography
Academy Awards 1991
— Best Costume Design
Golden Globe 1991
— Best Original Song
BAFTA 1991
— Best Costume Design
BAFTA 1991
— Best Film Editing
BAFTA 1991
— Best Visual Effects
Saturn Awards 1991
— Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Saturn Awards 1991
— Best Actor
Saturn Awards 1991
— Best Young Performer
Saturn Awards 1991
— Best Supporting Actor
Saturn Awards 1991
— Best Costume Design
Key opinion
Warren Beatty’s Dick Tracy is widely recognized as a visually ambitious, highly stylized homage to comic strip aesthetics, featuring revolutionary makeup and vibrant cinematography. While the technical craft and character-heavy performances are often praised, the film is frequently criticized for its simplistic, conventional narrative and flat character development.
| Production | The film features groundbreaking, visually immersive production design and makeup that successfully brings grotesque comic-book characters to life. | |
| Score | Danny Elfman’s atmospheric, uplifting score is consistently credited with elevating the film's tone and maintaining its comic-noir identity. | |
| Cinematography | The cinematography, led by Vittorio Storaro, is praised for its bold, artificial color palette and stylized visual language. | |
| Acting | Performances are divisive: some viewers find the star-studded ensemble charismatic and fitting for a cartoonish world, while others view them as inconsistent, pantomime-heavy, or lacking depth. | |
| Screenplay | Opinions on the screenplay are split between those who appreciate the light, fairy-tale simplicity and those who find the plot derivative, weak, or lacking in emotional character backstory. | |
| Accessibility | The film's tone sits in a difficult middle ground, with some finding it a charmingly stylized sketch and others viewing it as a jarringly dated, aimless exercise that fails to connect with either children or adult audiences. |