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...subhuman brother (Michael Meyers), in the feline mother-daughter skirmishes, Director Larry Peerce (One Potato, Two Potato) has produced some rare moments of high social criticism. But he has an uncertain grasp of his vehicle, and periodically it lurches out of control. At times, Benjamin seems to be playing Dustin Hoffman's gawky second cousin rather than the acrimonious Neil of Roth's story. The film's observations of the nouveau riche Patimkins are subtle enough-until a parody of a Jewish wedding that looks as if Beelzebub had personally catered the affair. Too many...
Playwright Herlihy, whose imaginative, sharply etched novels Midnight Cowboy and All Fall Down have been made into films starring Dustin Hoffman and Warren Beatty, is a dark and savage satirist. The six-year-old Theater Company of Boston seems to know exactly what he is laughing about...
Jimmy Shine--An incredibly slight and short character sketch by Murray Schisgal. Still, Dustin Hoffman contributes a truly funny portrayal of the title character; and Donald Drifer's sharp staging and John Sebastran's songs also make it all quite pleasant. At the ATKINSON, W. 47th...
JIMMY SHINE. Playwright Murray Schisgal attempts an inner journey through mood, psyche and character, but merely creates a transparent character in a sketchy play. What makes Jimmy more winning than his fate is Dustin Hoffman's ingratiating stage personality...
Director Andrew V. McLaglen seems to have made the movie while his mind was on something else-probably quitting time. Katharine Ross, Dustin Hoffman's sidekick in The Graduate, plays Duke's daughter with an understandable lack of enthusiam. A few more parts like this and she'll be about as well remembered as Vera Hruba Ralston...