So as part of last weekend’s cinematic marathon, I got to rewatch “Midnight Run” for the first time in about fifteen years.
What’s amazing is how little it’s dated (with the exception of everyone smoking inside buildings/on planes, and a few outlandish outfits).
Robert De Niro is outstanding, and I wish he’d stuck to this kind of comedy instead of dragging himself down to the depths of “Meet the Fockers”, which I’ve lambasted in the past. Charles Grodin is also great (whatever happened to him), and the two of them play off each other brilliantly.
It’s everything a buddy-movie should be, and the only saddening thing about it is the fact that they just don’t make them like that anymore.
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