People who think of Dustin Hoffman only as the star of The Graduate or Tootsie will be pleasantly surprised – or horrified – with the actors gritty portrayal of Max Dembo, a career criminal who tries, and fails, to go straight after serving six years for armed robbery. Hoffman gives an uncompromising performance, never taking the easy way out by acting too cute to make his character likable or more viewer-friendly. He also doesn’t try to make him too tough or dangerous. As played by Hoffman, Dembo is an average guy who eventually realizes he’s just not made to make it on the right side of the law and then embraces his criminal career with devastating circumstances.
Monday, March 8, 2010
Straight Time
People who think of Dustin Hoffman only as the star of The Graduate or Tootsie will be pleasantly surprised – or horrified – with the actors gritty portrayal of Max Dembo, a career criminal who tries, and fails, to go straight after serving six years for armed robbery. Hoffman gives an uncompromising performance, never taking the easy way out by acting too cute to make his character likable or more viewer-friendly. He also doesn’t try to make him too tough or dangerous. As played by Hoffman, Dembo is an average guy who eventually realizes he’s just not made to make it on the right side of the law and then embraces his criminal career with devastating circumstances.
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