Desperate hours movie review. Contributing writers include Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal. Try Bogart's Desperate Hours: Directed by Michael Cimino. Stay updated with critic and audience scores today! The film was a commercial disappointment and received poor reviews. " This is one of those movies that is very difficult to give a star rating because its high entertainment value is due to the fact that it's almost completely terrible. Critic and movie historian Leonard Maltin referred to the film as "ludicrous with no suspense, an at-times-laughable music score, and Shawnee Smith as a daughter/victim you'll beg to see cold-cocked. MDT View Comments By Deseret News, Chris Hicks, movie critic Desperate Hours (1990) review. Oct 5, 1990 · Michael Cimino’s “Desperate Hours” is an attempt to take a 1950s crime classic and remake it by turning up the heat, but Cimino has set the heat too high, and the result is an overwrought melodrama with dialogue even a True Detective editor would question. A remake of the 1955 Humphry Bogart-Fredric March potboiler, DESPERATE HOURS is an unrelentingly bizarre piece of exploitation trash. Despite the usually dependable cast, this is a slow and ever-so-slightly dull affair. Starring: Mickey Rourke, Anthony Hopkins, Mimi Rogers, Lindsay Crouse, Kelly Lynch, Elias Koteas, Shawnee Desperate Hours is a monumentally awful take on The Desperate Hours, a '50s best-seller/stage hit, later Humphrey Bogart's movie-gangster swan song. Check out the exclusive TV Guide movie review and see our movie rating for Desperate Hours Oct 10, 1990 · Film review: Desperate Hours Published: Oct 10, 1990, 12:00 a. Discover reviews, ratings, and trailers for Desperate Hours on Rotten Tomatoes. Oct 5, 1990 · The most desperate thing about Desperate Hours is Michael Cimino’s attempt to direct it coherently. m. Sep 5, 2025 · In this updated version both stars, Anthony Hopkins and Mickey Rourke, are miscast. Jan 1, 2000 · Read the Empire Movie review of Desperate Hours. Cimino bases it on the novel and play by Joseph Hayes. There's virtually nothing "good" about it. Stay updated with critic and audience scores today! Feb 25, 2022 · A misguided film that uses school shootings at the springboard for a nail-biting thriller about a heroic mom. 4D]. In Cimino’s paws, the story of a merciless crook (Mickey Rourke) terrorizing a suburban family descends into lurid gibberish. Discover reviews, ratings, and trailers for The Desperate Hours on Rotten Tomatoes. Director: Michael Cimino. [05 Oct 1990, p. With Mickey Rourke, Anthony Hopkins, Mimi Rogers, Lindsay Crouse. An escaped con, on the run from the law, moves into a married couple's house and takes over their lives. v4g jpp 88i tpy gn zccdf t7zk0uk rr bbx j8z