Armitage has crafted a sunlit neo-noir rooted in quirky character and darkly comic encounters, as two very different men try on each other’s personas for size, and the woman caught between them must also decide between a path of virtue or vice.

| Feb 6, 2023

If it's missing heart, it's got guts to spare. [Full review in Spanish]

| Nov 1, 2022

There are many offbeat ideas in a movie that would be weightless without them.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 7, 2022

George Armitage’s captivatingly eccentric neo-noir is assisted by three magnetic leads and a healthy dose of black comedy.

| Jul 27, 2022

Alec Baldwin's first starring role as a thuggish anti-hero in this terrifically cast eccentric crime comedy/drama. A movie of its time (1990) that holds up today.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jul 21, 2022

A reminder that Hollywood isn’t really dead...

| May 24, 2022

[George] Armitage gets [Charles] Willeford's cracked black humor and slightly off-kilter universe ...

| Feb 12, 2016

What makes Miami Blues so true to its source material is that its "fun," fizzy elements don't completely dispel the roiling bile in its belly.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Apr 27, 2015

| Original Score: C- | Sep 7, 2011

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 29, 2008

Baldwin, Ward and Leigh are all perfect in this violent and funny and underseen gem.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 17, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 28, 2005

One of Baldwin's best performances in a solid black comedy

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 7, 2005

Hard-boiled and consistently surprising. The entire cast shines.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 3, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 11, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 23, 2004

A terrific crime movie that's both quirky and gritty.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 1, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 2, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 25, 2004

A cunningly hip crime caper that packs a decent amount of swagger

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | May 24, 2003