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Mikey and Nicky
Directed by
Elaine May
1976
1h 46m
R
Drama
,
Crime
7.4
88%
79%
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Nicky is on the run from the mob, and he turns to old pal Mikey for help.
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Cast of Mikey and Nicky
Peter Falk
Mikey
John Cassavetes
Nicky
Ned Beatty
Kinney
Rose Arrick
Annie
Carol Grace
Nellie
William Hickey
Sid Fine
Sanford Meisner
Dave Resnick
Joyce Van Patten
Jan
M. Emmet Walsh
Bus Driver
Sy Travers
Hotel Clerk
Peter R. Scoppa
Counter Man
Virginia Smith
Jan's Mother
Jean Shevlin
Lady on Bus
Danny Klein
Harry
Martin Wolfson
Candy Store Man
Eugene Hobgood
Mel
David Pendleton
Bar Patron
Will Gill Jr.
Bartender
Marilyn Randall
Shirley
Reuben Greene
Franklyn
Elaine May
Woman on TV (voice) (uncredited)
Mikey and Nicky Reviews
LarsenOnFilm
Josh Larsen
An intriguing detour for Elaine May...
ColeSmithey.com
Cole Smithey
[VIDEO ESSAY] Elaine May wrote and directed "Mikey and Nicky" (1976) as a feminist think piece driven by her volatile male characters.
FanboyNation.com
Sean Mulvihill
[Mikey and Nicky] is always moving forward, building and building towards its heartbreaking climax.
Film Frenzy
Matt Brunson
Despite several fine moments and a terrific performance by Peter Falk, this one ultimately comes up short.
EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
Elaine May's feature not only stars John Cassavetes, but also feels like a tribute to his work (particularly Husbands).
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
A powerful dark tale that is emotional and profound in its unsentimental characterization of lowly underworld figures.
Fantastica Daily
Chuck O'Leary
An underrated little movie about small-time crooks and killers. Cassavetes and Falk are at their naturalistic best. A must for fans of gritty New York movies.
Reel Film Reviews
David Nusair
...it's difficult not to admire the performances and May's dialogue...
Unseen Films
Nathanael Hood
A meticulously constructed character study with all the verve and energy of improvisation.
IONCINEMA.com
Nicholas Bell
An excellent recuperation of what may have been Elaine May's most accomplished achievement, Mikey and Nicky is a sublimely sad, shockingly grim portrait of friendship, toxic masculinity and the dismal realities of duplicity.
Chicago Reader
Dave Kehr
What emerges is a profound, unsentimental portrait of male friendship-and of its ultimate impossibility.
Polygon
Matt Patches
[Director Elaine] May's film is a nuclear attack on toxic masculinity, and among the more challenging films I've ever watched... It's necessary. Seeing is believing.
Cambridge Day
Allyson Johnson
The finale gives all that came before a greater sense of dread as we realize that Nicky's mounting paranoia might have been the only thing protecting him from the start.
Under the Radar
Jason Wilson
A one-night odyssey into a crumbling, long-lasting friendship with the seedy criminal underworld serving as a backdrop for the plot.
Paste Magazine
Andy Crump
Strip Mikey and Nicky of its genre particulars, its gangster trappings, and what remains is a recognizable story of two friends at loggerheads.
Blogcritics.org
Alan Dale
Considering the gross overextension of the shoot and the indulgence of the actors, ... it makes perfect sense that the movie feels like the result of a game of 52 pick-up rather than the realization of a design.
Combustible Celluloid
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The impeccably played Mikey & Nicky moves with such certainty and glory that it emerges as an underrated masterpiece.
Paste Magazine
Mitchell Beaupre
Those complicated emotions are crucial to this bizarre male friendship, a specific form of hateful camaraderie rarely captured on screen as authentically as this.
New Yorker
Richard Brody
May... borrowed the scarily intense and spontaneous performance style of Cassavetes's films to expose the cruelty of their male bravado-the ugliness of what his men do to women and what his women take from men.
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