Lancaster uses his big, strong body so expressively that if this were a stage performance the audience would probably give him a standing ovation. I don’t see how he could be any better.

| Sep 12, 2023

[Sarandon is] shirtless before she even has a name, but her desire to be ogled is granted dignity and power; gradually and unassumingly, she upstages a terrific Burt Lancaster.

| Oct 7, 2012

A shimmering success.

| Oct 7, 2012

"Atlantic City" is a sophisticated fairy tale, beautifully acted and beautiful to behold; it is as funny as it is touching.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 7, 2012

A well observed and deeply tender tale.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Oct 7, 2012

Film is blessed with a spare, intriguing script by Yank John Guare, which always skirts impending cliches and predictability by finding unusual facets in his characters and their actions.

| Mar 26, 2009

Eclectic, pacy and hard to categorise, it's part crime thriller, part love story, part fairytale, and part a gentle, generous examination of certain dying aspects of American culture.

| Feb 9, 2006

What makes "Atlantic City" sweet -- and that's the word for it -- is the gentleness with which Lou handles his last chance at amounting to something, and the wisdom with which Sally handles Lou.

| Jan 20, 2006

[It] may be one of the most romantic and perverse ghost stories ever filmed, set not in a haunted castle but in a haunted city...

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 20, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 24, 2002