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Overview
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Take one Wall Street tycoon, his Fifth Avenue mistress, a reporter hungry for fame, and make the wrong turn in The Bronx...then sit back and watch the sparks fly. morePlot:
Financial "Master of the Universe" Sherman McCoy sees his life unravel when his mistress Maria Ruskin hits a black boy with his car... more | add synopsisAwards:
5 nominations moreUser Comments:
This is what I call an honest movie. moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Tom Hanks | ... | Sherman McCoy | |
| Bruce Willis | ... | Peter Fallow | |
| Melanie Griffith | ... | Maria Ruskin | |
| Kim Cattrall | ... | Judy McCoy | |
| Saul Rubinek | ... | Jed Kramer | |
| Morgan Freeman | ... | Judge Leonard White | |
| John Hancock | ... | Reverend Bacon | |
| Kevin Dunn | ... | Tom Killian | |
| Clifton James | ... | Albert Fox | |
| Louis Giambalvo | ... | Ray Andruitti | |
| Barton Heyman | ... | Detective Martin | |
| Norman Parker | ... | Detective Goldberg | |
| Donald Moffat | ... | Mr. McCoy | |
| Alan King | ... | Arthur Ruskin | |
| Beth Broderick | ... | Caroline Heftshank |
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125 minCountry:
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1.85 : 1 moreCertification:
Singapore:NC-16 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Finland:K-14 | France:U | Sweden:11 (video rating) | Sweden:7 | UK:15 | USA:R | Iceland:LMOVIEmeter: 
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Continuity: While Reverend Bacon is accusing District Attorney Abe Weiss, the TV remote control that Weiss is using switches hands between shots. moreQuotes:
Judge Leonard White: Racist? You dare call me racist? Well I say unto you, what does it matter the color of a man's skin when witnesses purjure themselves and prosecutors enlist the perjury; when a district attorney throws a man to the mob for political gain and men of the cloth... moreSoundtrack:
That's Life moreFAQ
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After reading a large number of negative reviews, it finally became clear to me why this movie is so widely hated - because it honestly depicts the modern biased race-based American society, in which uneducated crowds are ready to devour an honest person, and punish him for a crime he didn't commit. The acting is great, Tom Hanks does an admirable job, however,it isn't acting which makes the movie great. The superb directing, creating realistic and horrible scenes of dirty political games and black (literally) PR, capture my attention. So, to sum up, a brilliant political satire. The movie could make a laughable comedy, if it wasn't so terrifying...