Al Pacino, Bill Nunn, Brian McConnachie

Al Pacino shambles about in pure weary Late Pacino form in People I Know, a 1970s-style paranoid number with a political tinge to it. Pacino plays an old-school publicist, once a friend to Bobb...( read more  read more... )y Kennedy and Martin Luther King, who's now down to his last big client, a vaguely dangerous movie star (nice turn by Ryan O'Neal). As Pacino tries to keep his client's indiscretions out of the papers, he's dragged into an intriguing drugs-murder-politics conspiracy. There are juicy possibilities in Jon Robin Baitz's script, and with a topnotch director and a little more oomph they might have blossomed. As it is, despite a couple of nifty gotchas, the movie never quite gets into full stride. Tea Leoni shines as an addicted actress with a flinty vocabulary, but Kim Basinger is less lucky with her plot-device role. Pacino looks as though he's about to draw his last breath in every shot, which is precisely how he should look. --Robert Horton

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R, 100 min.

Directed by: Daniel Algrant

Release Date: April 25, 2003

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DVD Release Date: July 20, 2004

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  • August 4, 2008
    What an eye-opener this movie is. So illimitable, concussive and shaking. And Al Pacino is simply magical.
    In a few words, what I received from this movie was the conceptualism that no matter how many people you know, no matter who your friends are, no matter how many people lo...( read more)ok up to you, no matter how many people wave at you on the street, no matter how many phone numbers there are in your agenda, you still die alone and lonely. And for that reason only, this movie is a tremendous blow to the human nature and the life standards we set too low.
  • November 7, 2007
    Though the films themselves stylistically are completely different, the basic plots of "People I Know" and "Carlito's Way" are the same. Here, rather than a gangster, Pacino plays a burnt-out publicist eager to escape his shady way of life but, like Carlito, doomed never to do so...( read more). The story doesn't ever really get going but the acting is an absolute treat, with Pacino giving an immaculate performance, truly one of his finest ever.
  • December 27, 2007
    An interesting film.
  • July 2, 2007
    Man, didn't have high hopes for this movie which was a good thing. This is one of the lesser known Pacino movies and for a good reason; it wasn't any good. Pacino did some okay acting, nice to see him play the old helpless role, but nothing really to see here, from anyone.
  • September 28, 2009
    Very good performance by Al Pacino.
  • December 19, 2008
    OK, Pacino is always good!
  • December 9, 2008
    it's scary to think that when you know something too much, somebody will trying to seal you up so the secret remain a secret..
  • October 3, 2008
    Fantastic, strong, yet subdued performance by Al Pacino in this slow-burn and downbeat story examining the politics of fame and corruption. Its long-delayed cinema release was undoubtedly to blamefor its lack of success, but the characters are well worth investing in for the disc...( read more)erning. Well worth watching
  • July 15, 2008
    Have you ever feel that you are trapped in your life?
    Another great performance by Al Pacino,though the movie was low budget but still can shine by having him!

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  • June 9, 2008
    wierd and disjointed

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April 25, 2003
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

The picture has a lax, sleepy vibe: There's never anything taut or electric about it. full review

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