Absence of Malice PG

In America can a man be guilty until proven innocent?
Absence of Malice
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DVD Details

  • Rated: PG
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 56 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: December 7, 2010
  • Originally Released: 1981
  • Label: Image Entertainment

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 4,577
Rating: B -- Well-meaning liberal message story. Full Review
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Mar 1, 2007
We get the impression that this movie is a pastiche of Sydney Pollack's previous movies. It's uninspired and none of its elements manage to move us. [Full Review in Spanish] Full Review
El Pais (Spain)
Aug 22, 2019
Absence of Malice does not invalidate All the President's Men. But with entertainment values -- and a moral sense -- every bit as high as that film's, it observes that there is an underside to journalistic gallantry. Full Review
TIME Magazine
Oct 1, 2008
...Unusual and rewarding....One of [Newman's] better characters in years...
New York Times
Nov 19, 1981
Rating: 3/4 -- I not only liked this movie despite its factual and ethical problems -- I'm not even so sure they matter so much to most viewers. Full Review
Chicago Sun-Times
Oct 24, 2004
A splendidly disturbing look at the power of sloppy reporting to inflict harm on the innocent. Full Review
Variety
May 26, 2008
Rating: 3/5 -- gripping little thriller
Shadows on the Wall
Aug 26, 2005

Product Description:

While investigating the death of a local union leader, an ambitious young reporter (Sally Field as Megan) becomes involved in a dangerous triangle of love, deceit, and national espionage. After all story leads fall through, shady government agent Rosen cajoles Megan into befriending financier, Gallagher (Paul Newman), a man with filial ties to the Mafia. Becoming Gallagher's confidant, Megan conducts a secret investigation of his life and is soon convinced that Gallagher is involved with the murder. Megan then publishes an article containing a staggering amount of incriminating evidence against him.

Written by American journalist Kurt Luedtke, ABSENCE OF MALICE takes an honest look at the world of journalism. Its dialogue and characters are of the upmost realism. Newman delivers a riveting performance as the innocent "patsy," fingered by the government. Director Pollack and writer Kurt Luedtke team up again four years after this film to script the epic OUT OF AFRICA.

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  • Sales Rank: 126,018
  • UPC: 014381684223
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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