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Atlantic City
Directed by
Louis Malle
R
1981
1h 44m
Drama
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7.3
100%
78%
6.8
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In a corrupt city, a small-time gangster and the estranged wife of a pot dealer find themselves thrown together in an escapade of love, money, drugs and danger.
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Cast of Atlantic City
Burt Lancaster
Lou
Susan Sarandon
Sally
Kate Reid
Grace
Michel Piccoli
Joseph
Hollis McLaren
Chrissy
Robert Joy
Dave
Al Waxman
Alfie
Robert Goulet
Singer
Moses Znaimer
Felix
Angus MacInnes
Vinnie
Sean Sullivan
Buddy
Wallace Shawn
Waiter
Harvey Atkin
Bus Driver
Norma Dell'Agnese
Jeanne
Louis Del Grande
Mr. Shapiro
John McCurry
Fred
Eleanor Beecroft
Mrs. Reese
Cec Linder
President of Hospital
Sean McCann
Detective
Vincent Glorioso
Young Doctor
Atlantic City Ratings & Reviews
The New Yorker
Pauline Kael
Lancaster uses his big, strong body so expressively that if this were a stage performance the audience would probably give him a standing ovation. I don't see how he could be any better.
Crooked Marquee
Sean Burns
Lancaster was never more moving onscreen than when he was lying to himself, and there are shades of his shattering performance as John Cheever's 'The Swimmer' in Lou's tall tales of his glory days.
L.A. Weekly
Michael Ventura
Atlantic City is a rough and tender film, a dreamer's film, and beautifully made. A small film that plays for high stakes and ends with the wheel still rolling.
The Film Yap
Christopher Lloyd
Louis Malle's graceful, heartrending look at love and loss on the boardwalk remains as vibrant as ever four decades on.
The Nation
Robert Hatch
It abounds in heroics, glories in coincidence, indulges in sentiment, laughs at Cupid's bizarre sense of humor and provides sumptuous parts for the five leading players, who know how to seize their opportunities.
ColeSmithey.com
Cole Smithey
"Atlantic City" is full of compact social editorializing that elevates its seemingly run-of-the-mill trappings into something sublime by way of its emotionally dependent characters.
Village Voice
Eric Hynes
[Sarandon is] shirtless before she even has a name, but her desire to be ogled is granted dignity and power; gradually and unassumingly, she upstages a terrific Burt Lancaster.
Chicago Reader
Dave Kehr
A shimmering success.
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
"Atlantic City" is a sophisticated fairy tale, beautifully acted and beautiful to behold; it is as funny as it is touching.
TV Guide
Malle pulls off a minor coup here, celebrating his wounded characters even as he mercilessly reveals their dreams for the hopeless illusions they really are.
Variety
Variety Staff
Film is blessed with a spare, intriguing script by Yank John Guare, which always skirts impending cliches and predictability by finding unusual facets in his characters and their actions.
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Emanuel Levy
This lyrical tale set in Atlantic City in times of change is full of offbeat characters. It is evocatively directed by Louis Malle in his second (and better) American film and well acted by Burt Lancaster and Susan Sarandon as the odd romantic couple.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
What makes "Atlantic City" sweet -- and that's the word for it -- is the gentleness with which Lou handles his last chance at amounting to something, and the wisdom with which Sally handles Lou.
Juicy Cerebellum
Alex Sandell
Intriguing from beginning to end.
PopcornQ
Brandon Judell
If you don't already love Sarandon, this is the feature that would do it. Director and the 2 stars mesh their talents beautifully.
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Nick Davis
Poignant, atmospheric mood piece with pristine performances by Lancaster and Sarandon.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
Pleasingly unsentimental.
New York Times
Vincent Canby
[It] may be one of the most romantic and perverse ghost stories ever filmed, set not in a haunted castle but in a haunted city...
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