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Excellent aesthetics, stellar cast, superb lighting and colour co-ordination, engaging from start to finish. An unsung gem! Madonna, Dustin Hoffman, and Al Pacino are excellent in this.

A boldly literal interpretation of what was already, at the time, sixty-year-old source material, **** Tracy was dated before it even commenced filming. In today's world, it's a painful reminder of what happens when badly misread cultural trends, aging showbiz producers and a full committee of writers collide on-screen. Visually, it's a day-glow disaster that combines recklessly outlandish wardrobe, distractingly obvious matte paintings, startlingly grotesque makeup effects and an odd mix of kids' primary colors with ink-black film noir lighting. The cast is so stale, weak and one-dimensional that not even an A-list staff of Hollywood's elite is able to play life preserver. Dustin Hoffman, James Caan and Al Pacino are lost amidst the flood of stilted dialogue, Madonna sleepwalks through an embarrassing performance as, basically, herself, and Warren Beatty is so squeaky clean and unrelentingly straightforward in the leading role that it almost works on a satirical level. Clearly someone, somewhere, saw the runaway success of Tim Burton's Batman and chose to grant a similar treatment to a character they recalled from the funny pages of their own youth, without stopping to consider if Tracy's story was as relevant and trans-generational as Bruce Wayne's. The splashy colors and simple, hackneyed plot make it a no-sell to adults, while the abundance of sex and violence also makes it tough to buy as a kid's movie. Genuinely awful from start to finish, I had to watch in three installments because it kept putting me to sleep.

Among the classic creative films ... **** Tracy, a detective from the comic world who is not fully known in the real world, this film fully introduced her and we also enjoyed Al Pacino's performance.

"**** Tracy" is an absolutely gorgeous movie. You can tell that everyone involved cared so much about the quality of their work. The shot compositions, the prosthetics, and Pacino's performance are all so terrific, but for everything going for it, the movie lacks some quality that I can't quite put my finger on, and without it, "**** Tracy" simply isn't that much fun to watch. I would certainly recommend sitting through it once just to marvel at what quality movie making can look like, but don't expect it to change your outlook on life the way a truly great film would. I give it a B - Next time you’re in the mood for a movie, this one won’t disappoint

I enjoyed this a lot but Madonna really does let it down though mainly wooden acting.