The Big Easy
Set in New Orleans, the movie depicts the relationship of a young police lieutenant whose investigation of a gangland murder lands him in trouble with an uncompromising beautiful attorney.
13 November 1950, Abbeville, Louisiana, USA
17 May 1941, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
16 April 1954, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
25 June 1949, San Diego, California, USA
17 February 1910, New York City, New York, USA
28 December 1930, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
1956, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
29 September 1926
12 April 1965, Burbank, California, USA
26 January 1942, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
20 November 1921, Knoxville, Iowa, USA
4 December 1949, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
July 31, 2013
Quaid, a competent character actor who looks more like a leading man with each new film, has all the prize scenes in The Big Easy and he does the best he can with them. But they all seem to be castoffs from old Richard Gere movies.
July 31, 2013
The Big Easy is an extremely enjoyable (and well-lubricated) vehicle for two actors who aren't quite yet stars, but should be.
October 05, 2011
Eventually the film's suspense underpinnings take over its personal story, yet that tension Quaid and Barkin generate still holds. Soldily fine as actors they're also a great pair, like two golden athletes.
July 31, 2013
After watching this sizzling crime thriller, you will be at a loss to explain why director Jim McBride failed to go on and take Hollywood by storm. At least the careers of Dennis Quaid and Ellen Barkin were boosted.
October 09, 2016
Set against a Cajun background, the movie is a bird's-eye view of a little-known culture operating within a totally familiar urban context. The effect is exhilarating.
July 31, 2013
Until conventional plot contrivances begin to spoil the fun, The Big Easy is a snappy, sassy battle of the sexes in the guise of a melodrama about police corruption.
July 31, 2013
The Big Easy is as atmospheric as they come, but -- surprise! -- it's also sharp and swift. Plus, it has ample amounts of chemistry -- the steamy, sexy kind.
April 11, 2016
Revels in its slight plot, noirish atmosphere, sassy interplay between main characters and its gumbo-like smells.
July 31, 2013
Oooowee, here is one scorchingly sexy movie.
July 31, 2013
It's sleek, briskly paced, firmly controlled and shrewdly dosed with humor, action and romance.
July 31, 2013
Barkin makes the silliness with which her character behaves as credible as is probably possible.
July 31, 2013
The film's strength is director Jim McBride's seemingly easy way of presenting us with a New Orleans that is more malevolent and intoxicating than the tourist trap that some think it to be.
