Word: shyster
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Meantime, however, a couple of cheers for Coppola, who satisfies at least one ruling critical principle: any movie that offers successful employment to Mickey Rourke and Teresa Wright cannot be all bad. He's the only shyster in town who's willing to take a chance on young Rudy; she's his landlady who is nowhere near as ditsy as she looks. And like the rest of a constantly bestartling supporting cast, led by Jon Voight and Danny DeVito as deliciously disparate masters of legal sleaze, they're terrific. Another good rule is not to take Grisham novels as seriously...
...difficult to say what may happen once Russians have had a better look at this rabble-rousing politician who is part showman, part shyster. Despite the fact that the country seems to have stabilized during the summer's torpor, there is an underlying sense that the balance of power could shift at any moment. But whatever happens, Zhirinovsky has changed the style and conduct of Russian politics irretrievably. No national political figure has done more to sound the alarm about the fragility of Russia's young democracy, or its vulnerability to irresponsible leadership. As for what that might mean, perhaps...
...through his anger at Charles in the end. While it may be coincidental with the heat in the Ex (or was it psychic frustration?) that caused Conolly to sweat profusely when he gets angry, the effect is wonderful. He is convincing both as the mystic and as the cheating shyster. At moments he seems to truly be feeling for Miss A. and then will turn and show his deceptiveness. And ultimately, Conolly is able to carry the bizarre ending, maintaining the fortitude to lie to Miss A. and the audience...
...Carlito needs more than a good woman to avoid recidivism. He needs Pat O'Brien. You remember Pat O'Brien, Cagney's superego, trying to keep his wayward pal on a righteous path. What Carlito has instead is his friend and shyster lawyer, Dave Kleinfeld (Sean Penn, in a terrific performance). He is in too far with the Mob, and he needs Carlito's muscular help in a cockamamie plan to avoid gangland's vengeance. It goes awry, naturally, and Carlito's subsequent flight brings out the best in De Palma -- breathless, bravura moviemaking, intricately designed, but playing like...
...Aykroyd--the smooth-talking conniver who can BS his way out of anything." Those of us who tend to think of Aykroyd more in terms of an unfunny fat man may have trouble discerning Ritchie's meaning. At any rate, the portrayal of a mental patient as a shyster who fakes mental illness to avoid responsibility is highly offensive to anyone who has had contact with the disease...