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  Review by Todd Gaines ★★★★ 31

  What's cool about Midnight Run is it's one of the best buddy cop movies to not have one of the leads play an actual cop at the time. Robert De Niro is the ex-cop turned bounty hunter hired by Joey Pants to find mob accountant / bail jumper Charles Grodin. Not only is the mob chasing De Niro and Grodin, but the FBI is paying close attention too. Throw in another reckless renegade bounty hunter out to steal De Niro's bounty, and you know you're in for a wild ride. 

  Midnight Run works because of the natural chemistry between De Niro and Grodin. De Niro is the Raging Bull, but Grodin steals the show. He's neurotic and quirky. Every word…

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  Review by Patrick Willems ★★★★ 3

  As soon as De Niro and Joey Pants were onscreen at the same time I knew this was gonna be good.

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  Review by kailey ★★★★ 9

  i miss the way 80s movies feel. not glossy or sharp, a little fuzzy, a tiny bit dirty, thrumming, pulsing. there's something oddly sexless and sterile about a lot of our recent blockbusters. actors don't have wonky teeth, dust on their faces, sweat on their brows. they don't pant after running. they don't look exhausted or hungry: they quip after throwing themselves into danger.

  i think that the charm of midnight run is that it's not really an action movie populated by action stars so much as the travelogue of just some guys. they're of average intelligence, not particularly skilled, constantly making mistakes. they bicker and smoke on buses (rude!) one of them happens to be a bounty hunter and…

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  Review by Mike D'Angelo ★★★★½ 10

  87/100

  Arguably the most inspired comic pairing of all time, and Brest deserves enormous credit for insisting on Grodin even at the cost of scuttling his initial studio deal. (I might eventually devote a Scenic Routes column to the Duke's impersonation of Mosely at the bar, a scene in which every laugh is inspired solely by Grodin's delivery and timing—not a single line is even remotely funny on paper.) At the same time, though, the film works so well in large part because De Niro, still a decade or so away from the laziness that now mostly defines him, takes his role utterly seriously. One need only look at We're No Angels, made the following year, to see how broad…

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  Review by Matt Singer ★★★★★

  Robert De Niro playfully flashing Moseley’s badge to the camera is one of the purest things I have ever seen. Also good: Every other scene that involves some combination of De Niro, Grodin, or De Niro and Grodin.

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  Review by Patrick Willems ★★★★½ 3

  Every other movie should try to be a bit more like Midnight Run

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  Review by Will Menaker ★★★★ 3

  Folks, when you've got a cross-country action comedy road trip that unfolds by hook or by crook, by train, plane and everything in between, starring odd couple Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin at the top of their games, you've got no complaints. Toss in Yaphet Kotto, Joey Pants, Dennis Farina, John Ashton, and Philip Baker Hall and you're in for a real treat. They don't make 'em like they used to!

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  Review by Matt Singer ★★★★½ 9

  “This calls for a celebration. I’ll get some donuts.”

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  Review by Angela Ferraguto ★★★★★ 3

  Is this the most romantic movie I've ever seen

  "You're a grown man. You're in control of your own words."
  "You're goddamn right I am. Now here come two words for you. Shut the fuck up."

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  Review by fran hoepfner ★★★½

  dont ever put me in a situation

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  Review by Nakul ★★★★½ 5

  “See you in the next life."

  Midnight Run is one of my favorite movies of all-time. This movie introduced me to the comedic genius that is Charles Grodin. His performance is an absolute gem, he stole almost every scene from De Niro. A master of deadpan, who will be greatly missed.

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  Review by Griffin Newman ★★★★★ 3

  Perfect movie.

  (DCP @ IFC)