Sting

Pros: Style, Newman, Music
Cons: Redford, Script

The Sting is a movie about con men and their setting up of a gangland kingpin who killed their friend. I’m a big fan of con films but I have to tell you The Sting , while pleasant, is far down the list of caper films. Watching ...

Pros: story, acting, setting, costumes, pace
Cons: nothing

I can remember one of the first films my parents ever took me to see that wasn’t geared toward children was The Sting.  It was a double-feature at a local theater and for the life of me, I can’t remember what the other film ...

Pros: Intriguing, suspenseful, humorous and a delight to watch.
Cons: Newman and Redford never got together for a third film.

The year was 1973 and this movie picked up the Academy Award Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best in four other categories after gaining ten nominations in all. After the hit Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Paul Newman ...

Pros: great score, all sorts of fun twists and turns
Cons: hard to follow

For years, my dad has been telling me that I need to watch The Sting. We finally corrected that situation last week. Now, though I'm not quite sure I picked up on all the infinitesimal details of the film's plot, I'm considerably more aware than ...

Pros: Decent plot, Great two-disc DVD presentation, Decent acting
Cons: Light on character development, Predictable

As I continue to watch every film that won the coveted Best Picture Oscar, I have found myself having a truly mixed reaction to many of the cinematic experiences I have witnessed. I've had to slow the project down a little as I've needed to do some ...

Pros: The movie triumvirate: George Roy Hill, Paul Newman, and Robert Redford
Cons: To contemporary movie audiences, it's casting intellectual pearls before swine.

Well, Director George Roy Hill (who, sadly, died last month - Dec. 2002) sure knew what HE was doing when he got writer David S. Ward and an incredibly talented cast of actors headed by Paul Newman and Robert Redford. Nominated for ten (10) Oscars,...

Pros: great movie
Cons: ........

Bringing together Hollywood's bad boys again, The Sting stars Newman and Redford as a couple of con artists going for the biggest sting of all time.

Redford, who has effectively ticked off most of the gangsters in Joilet, heads for...

Pros: Great story and soundtrack
Cons: There aren't any more movies like it

Perusing the local movie store with an extra $20 to spend, I decided that I would add to my extremely small DVD library. What to get, what to get? I wanted to be smarter about my choice of movies with DVD since I have well over a hundred VHS movies...

Pros: great movie all around
Cons: pales most newer movies

I recently rented "The Sting" because I had seen it years ago and didn't remember much about it, other than it was a good movie in its day. After watching it again, I think it's one of the best movies of all time.

Beware though, it...

Pros: Ingenius dialouge, the best written movie I've ever seen. The subtle musical score compliments the mood perfectly, and the acting brings the characters to life.
Cons: Nothing, nothing, aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand...nothing.

Looking back, The Sting is best thought of as the original Sixth Sense. Both surprise endings turned heads and made you say out loud "No. *&%^#@!$. Way." Then again, compared to The Sting, The Sixth Sense...

Pros: cast, direction, costumes, sets
Cons: very plotty, extraneous characters

One of the most beloved films from the careers of Paul Newman and Robert Redford was Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, which was directed by George Roy Hill. Given the great commercial success of the film, it only made sense to reunite the...

Pros: Plot keeps you guessing; Redford and Newman together, oh yeah...
Cons: none

I remember the first time I saw this movie. I was about 12 years old and my Mom had picked it out at the video store, telling us how great it was and how much I would like it. Now, considering I was twelve, I was at that age where anything your...

Pros: excellent music, tight directing, fine acting, good script
Cons: This movie seems like it was done on a movie lot

This re-teaming of Redford and Newman is not quite as satisfying as "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid". But don't let that keep you from seeing this wonderful film

Is it just me, but doesn't it look like Robert Redford is babying...

Pros: Great actors and Plot
Cons: older movie with poor picture

I cannot remember when I first saw this movie. The last time I saw it there was nothing on television and I thought that it would be a good idea to watch an old movie. I like The Sting because of the dramatic effect it has as to whether or not they are...

Pros: Great script with surprise ending. Bravo Newman and Redford.
Cons: The middle drags a bit.

This is one of the all time great classic movies. I remember watching it as a kid and loved it then. I recently rewatched it with my kids for a second round. The action takes place in Chicago during the depression. Redford(Hooker) teams up with...