Synopsis
This could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
An accountant embezzles $15 million of mob money, jumps bail and is chased by bounty hunters, the FBI, and the Mafia.
1988 Directed by Martin Brest
An accountant embezzles $15 million of mob money, jumps bail and is chased by bounty hunters, the FBI, and the Mafia.
Robert De Niro Charles Grodin Yaphet Kotto John Ashton Dennis Farina Joe Pantoliano Richard Foronjy Robert Miranda Jack Kehoe Wendy Phillips Danielle DuClos Philip Baker Hall Tom McCleister Mary Gillis John Toles-Bey Thomas J. Hageboeck Stanley White Scott McAfee Linda Cerasuolo Lois Smith Fran Brill Michael Hawkins John Hammil Lou Felder Cameron Milzer Sonia M. Roberts Sam Sanders Frank Pesce Paul Joseph McKenna Show All…
Glenn Randall Jr. Richard E. Butler Tony Brubaker Dick Warlock Pete Antico Thomas Rosales Jr. Blair Burrows Dennis Scott Erik Cord Orwin C. Harvey Spiro Razatos Corey Michael Eubanks Eddie Hice Bill Hart Mario Roberts Jerry Summers Neil Summers Gary J. Wayton Gene Hartline Justin De Rosa Larry Holt Greg Wayne Elam Rock A. Walker Jim Wilkey Geoff Brewer Kent Hays Roydon Clark John Moio Mike Johnson Brian Burrows Clifford Happy William T. Lane
Rick Alexander David A. Whittaker Daniel J. Leahy Andy MacDonald Glenn Hoskinson James Bolt John Stacy Joel Fein Ian MacGregor-Scott
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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…
As soon as De Niro and Joey Pants were onscreen at the same time I knew this was gonna be good.
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…
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…
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.
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!
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."
“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.