Synopsis
In a corrupt city, a small-time gangster and the estranged wife of a pot dealer find themselves thrown together in an escapade of love, money, drugs and danger.
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Cast
- Burt LancasterLou
- Susan SarandonSally
- Kate ReidGrace
- Michel PiccoliJoseph
- Hollis McLarenChrissy
- Robert JoyDave
- Al WaxmanAlfie
- Robert GouletSinger
- Moses ZnaimerFelix
- Angus MacInnesVinnie
Recommendations
- 100
Chicago Sun-Times
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. - 100
Empire
A well observed and deeply tender tale. - 83
The A.V. Club
This is a gentle, warm, well-acted movie, and easy to like. - 80
Chicago Reader
Malle's slow, deliberate direction tends to flatten out the script's emotional rhythms—he's stern and arty where a lighter sensibility might have been more appropriate—but the film is still a shimmering success. - 80
Los Angeles Times
Atlantic City is a sophisticated fairy tale, beautifully acted and beautiful to behold; it is as funny as it is touching. - 80
The New York Times
A rich, gaudy cinema trip. - 80
Time Out
Witty, warm, but never sentimental, it also benefits from being set in the fading glories of the resort town of the title: grand seaside facades behind which lie more mundane realities, surrounded by decay and demolition. - 80
Variety
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.
