Richard Gere delivers a bravura performance in his title role of a Duddy Kravitz - style hustler, especially in
a wordless early sequence that speaks volumes about his character.
Not exact matches
The film is at its best in the
early going, during which the acting - technique - obsessed Arthur and Maurice attempt to con their way to free food; a
wordless opening credits
sequence harkens back to the best silent comedy, and one hilarious scene in a bakery is, as it turns out, the film's premature highlight.
That's overload as in full punch all the way to the cutout speed, accelerating hard in third gear at 100 - plus mph, relishing each and every whiplash upshift, and changing down so
early that your head keeps snapping forward in a
sequence of
wordless nods.