Marathon Man (1976)

Rated R

 

Runtime: 2 hours and 5 minutes

 

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller and Crime

 

Director: John Schlesinger

 

Writer: William Goldman

 

Actors: Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider, William Devane and Marthe Keller

 

Budget: $6,500,000

 

Box Office: $28,204,297

 

Positives:

• Some moments with shooting are fine

• One or two performances are not bad

• A few locations are interesting

• Chase and thrilling scenes are good

Negatives:

• Characters have questionable motivations

• Very hard to watch at times

• So long and boring to watch at the same time

• Very confusing direction and writing

• I don't know where this movie came from

• When watching the trailer, the jumpscares get on my nerves

Overall Verdict:

Story 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (4)

Character 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (5)

Dialogue/Diction 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (5)

Pacing/Timing 0 1 2 3 4 5 (2)

Background/Sets 0 1 2 3 4 5 (3)

Background Music/Audio 0 1 2 3 4 5 (3)

Camera/Cinematography 0 1 2 3 4 5 (3)

25/50 5.0/10