The story of a ruthless small time crook's rise from lowly barber shop backroom bookie to high stakes international swindler. Max Werner (Stone) goes from the gambling to crooked stocks and bond dealing,getting ever richer.
Is it worth your time? If you like old-school grifter stories where everyone wears a sharp suit and talks way faster than humanly possible, you'll probably have a good time with The Big Brain. If you need your crime dramas to be morally heavy or tightly plotted, you're going to find this one pretty hollow. It’s a bit o...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
George Archainbaud
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"Is it worth your time? If you like old-school grifter stories where everyone wears a sharp suit and talks way faster than humanly possible, you'll probably have a good time with The Big Brain. If you need your crime dramas to be morally heavy or tightly plotted, you're going to find this one pretty hollow. It’s a bit of a relic, but it moves. It’s got that jittery, pre-code energy that doesn't care much about long-term consequences. The rise of the guy nobody likes George E. Stone is honestly t..."
Warren Duff, Sy Bartlett
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