Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead

 (1995)


  • User Rating 17 votes
  • Critics Rating 12 critics
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User Reviews

Observations
Dec 08, 2008
wesleysgifts - yahoo.com
Great dark humor! Good acting. Well paced, with many surprises, twists and turns. Andy Garcia makes a good performance as a "real gangster" from back East who is trying to escape the life, but is pulled back in for one "action"... Full review
Grossly under appreciated/ Worth watching!!
Sep 07, 2008
snider0321 - yahoo.com
This is a really good movie overall. Good cast, good story, good filming. I saw this movie back when it was released while visiting Hong Kong, I was comepletley surprised by its poor US following.... Full review
Andy Garcia is great
Jan 28, 2008
ajarosik55 - yahoo.com
This was an underappreciated and very entertaining mobster movie. I especially love the mob boss played by Christopher Walken. Andy Garcia is great too as Jimmy the Saint. If you havent seen this one and enjoy mob movies this is a... Full review
If you can take it, watch this movie....
Dec 09, 2007
sholtzma1 - yahoo.com
While this movie is graphic and sometimes disturbing, it is also a good story and worth watching. I wasn't really prepared but did enjoy it in the end, probably because I enjoyed the characters immensely. They make the movie, without a... Full review
The most overrated underrated movie
May 02, 2007
my_merlin77 - yahoo.com
I love the cast. The acting was good. The plot had a bit to be be desired. Basically, it was similar to the Usual Suspects without any climatic payoff. The theme of "how different people deal with death differently," was well... Full review
great stuff
Nov 01, 2006
nicholls805 - yahoo.com
just like the boondock saints this film was a weinstein pulp fiction cash in. no one really knows about this film and its a shame because this is a cult film needing attention. in never gathered at the cinema and the... Full review
Film Noir Near Perfection
Mar 11, 2006
drjgardner - yahoo.com
A late date version of film noir, Things to Do... gives us bravura performances by an all star cast. It's nearly impossible to single out any one performance, BUT, here goes - Jack Warden as a world weary ex-con, Christopher Walken... Full review
Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead
Mar 06, 2006
hemispheredancerus - yahoo.com
This is one of Andy Garcia's best movies. Christopher Walken (The Man With The Plan) hires Garcia's bunch to scare a girl back into the arms of Walken's son. Well, the prank goes south and someone gets killed. Now, Walken puts... Full review
One of my personal favorites...
Dec 12, 2005
adam-barich - imdb.com
I don't know what it is about this film, maybe the flawless beauty of Gabrielled Anwar, or perhaps the cheeseiness in which Garcia dotes on her, or maybe the fact a whole lotta people got killed. all i know is... Full review
"give it a name"
Oct 13, 2005
hawk27eye - yahoo.com
i'm rarely drawn to this type of movie. but things to do in denver when your dead sucked me in before i knew what was happening.it's kind of a pulp fiction, with a black comedy thrown in. the fine group of... Full review

Critics Reviews

| Oct 13, 1996
Laramie Movie Scope
The movie creates some very memorable characters and the actors do a fine job.....While the story is improbable, it is both interesting and depressing.....It's too bad this film doesn't live up to its title..... ... Full Review
| Feb 16, 1996
San Francisco Chronicle
Christopher Walken takes the opportunity to play another of the creeps for which he is now famous. Jimmy - the smoothest, smartest, most ethical gangster you've ever seen - puts together a team of losers (played by Christopher Lloyd, William Forsythe, Bill Nunn and Treat Williams - whose character likes to use corpses as punching bags) to pull off the "action," and, big surprise, it goes wrong. ... Full Review
| Feb 16, 1996
San Francisco Chronicle
One of these days somebody will put Garcia out front in a good movie, and we'll find out if he's a star. Andy Garcia wasted in windy crime film ... Full Review
| Feb 16, 1996
Washington Post
Critical Bill (Treat Williams), a psychotic ex-con now working as a mortician, keeps his violent tendencies in control by using the corpses as punching bags. The diabolical assassin Mister Shhh (Steve Buscemi) arrives to carry out the sentence. ... Full Review

bostonphoenix.com
There are worse things to do than go to Denver to kill time. That's reflected in the supporting cast of characters, from their idiosyncratic traits and names to the rich and hilarious argot that Rosenberg has concocted for them. ... Full Review

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Friday December 1, 1995 "Do they still have gangsters?" the beautiful Dagney asks Jimmy the Saint, trying to figure out who or what he is. "Say 'You dirty rat." ... Full Article

Friday December 1, 1995 "Do they still have gangsters?" the beautiful Dagney asks Jimmy the Saint, trying to figure out who or what he is. "Say 'You dirty rat." ... Full Article

Review: I came away from this film with mixed feelings, but in the week that has passed since I actually watched the movie, they have turned pretty much 100% bad. ... Full Article

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