Helloturia I have absolutely never seen anything like this movie before. You have to see this movie.

Dirtylogy It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

Bluebell Alcock Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

Jakoba True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

knightkp I used to brows the T.V. Guide ( that was a weekly magazine that had the television listings so you could plan your viewing before the days of on screen guide) as a kid in anticipation to see when this movie would be on TV. It is a fun yet campy kids gangster flick. Yes, some of the acting is a bit off key, but the smiles of the kids when they miss time thier lines is genuine. The soft violence was a great way to imply violence without really being to much for kids. Some have complained about the acting but it is far better than anything Vin Deasle, Ben Affleck or Ice T have attempted. It is a shame it is not broadcast more often, for,that matter, at all.

richieandsam BUGSY MALONEA gangster movie like no other.This is a musical, gangster film... it is already a bizarre mixture, but the film makers really went all out to make this film different. The whole cast are children.I knew all of this before watching it but really didn't know what to expect. I didn't know if I would like this or not. So when I saw this was on the TV, I thought I would give it a go. It actually worked really well.The story is actually quite bad. Not a lot really happens throughout apart from two leaders of opposite gangs are fighting for the same patch. If this film was made normally, it would not have worked anywhere near as well.One of the things that I like about this film is even though the whole cast is children, they are all made up as adults and act as if they are adults. Even their fake moustaches were really funny.A lot of the songs were really catchy. There were a couple of songs that were not that go, but generally they were very good. When the children were singing, you could clearly see they were miming. It was not especially done well, but maybe this was dine on purpose. When they were singing, all of a sudden the kids had very mature voices. It was really funny.Another thing that I thought was well done was the gun fights. They were all fighting and shooting tommy guns that were shooting pies and custard at everyone. But when they got shot it was as if they were dead. The cars were fantastic. They were the old style cars, but they were actually pedal cars. The funniest part was when they were peddling the cars around, you could hear car engines as if they were driving for real. A really good touch.The cast couldn't act at all... this is the perfect example of children tend not to be good actors. Some of the time it felt like a big budget school play. Bad acting and comical dialogue execution. But even though the acting was bad, it made the film a lot better. The bad acting worked really well with the comedy side of the film.The movie starred Scott Baio, Florrie Dugger, Jodie Foster & John Cassisi. The funniest character was Fat Sam played by John Cassisi. He was hilarious and was the star of the film, but acting wise I can see why Jodie Foster was the only actress to make it big after this. She was the best actress in the movie.This is relatively short movie, but it is worth a watch. It is funny, weird and confusing as hell to watch.I will give this film 6 out of 10."Someone once said, "If it was raining brains, Roxy Robinson wouldn't even get wet." Roxy had spent his whole life making two and two into five, but he could smell trouble like other people could smell gas. But believe you's me, he should've never taken that blind alley by the side of Parido's Bakery. Whatever game it was everybody was playing, sure as eggs is eggs, Roxy the Weasel had been scrambled."For more reviews, please like my Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ordinary-Person-Movie- Reviews/456572047728204?ref=hl

Igenlode Wordsmith I think what impresses me the most about this film is that it's actually an incredibly accurate spoof -- I'm not sure 'spoof' is even the right term: homage, perhaps -- of its source material, the gangster movies of the 1920s/1930s. And I mean that seriously. Compared to, say, the recent "Public Enemies" (2009), this is actually a far more accurate reproduction of the 'look' of the era, on film if not in real life. Hairstyles, dancing (in fact, given the adolescent figures in vogue at the time, those stage routines could easily pass for the real thing), and shot after shot, stylistically speaking, which pays homage to famous films. The plot is a joyous accumulation of just about every gangster cliché going (from the hot-towel episode at the barber's onwards) and all the locations are spot-on: the warehouse down by the docks, the drugstore, the leader's grand mansion, the speakeasy, the theatre (and the dressing-rooms), etc. About the only one we don't get, come to think of it, is the police sergeant's office...I also enjoyed the songs (in fact, that was what attracted my attention to the film in the first place), although the bluesy ballads are, as Fat Sam says, a bit 'modern' for my taste. My only real problem with the film was an inevitable concomitant of the all-child cast: the piping voices are often quite difficult to understand.But the film as a whole is a tremendous romp that treats its source material with great affection and yet a total lack of awe. Various plot strands exist only so far as necessary in order to lead up to the associated songs (poor Fizzy never does get to dance, does he?), but nonetheless I thoroughly enjoyed it. An off-beat one-off.

Diego_rjc What if there was a gangster movie starred by children? What if this movie were a musical? Alan Parker took this idea and transformed into a movie in 1976. And it worked really well.As i said, 'Bugsy Malone' is a gangster movie starred by children, and there isn't much more to say about the story. The script has that feeling of 'I have seen this before', telling the story of Bugsy Malone (Scott Baio), a gangster in the late 1920's New York, in the middle of the Depression. The predictable script is really no problem, because it's told in a different way than any gangster movie you've ever seen - through songs. The musical feeling really works, and original songs are absolutely great. Two days after I've watched the movie, 'Tomorrow', 'My Name is Tallulah' and 'Bugsy Malone' kept playing on my head. Definitely gonna buy the Soundtrack.The acting in this movie is not marvelous, but with every member of the cast been under 16 you can't expect much. For kids, they did a nice job. I was amazed to see that most of the cast didn't do anything after this, which is a shame, 'cause they sure had talent. Scott Baio is nice as the lead, but when you watch the movie, your eyes can't help it and are going to focus on Jodie Foster. She was fine as Tallulah, and 1976 was a great year for her, also appearing on Scorsese's 'Taxy Driver. She is the only member of the cast that turned into a star.The British-born Alan Parker writes and directs here and does a good job in both functions. It's amazing to think he did this in 1976. With almost the whole movie been shot in the set, he putted the camera at so- interesting that you don't realize it's not location. There is one scene at the end of the movie that really resembles the also Alan Parker's later 'Pink Floyd - The Wall'. Maybe he did it on purpose, who knows... The cinematography is quite weird, having that old-European movie feel to it. One thing that I particularly liked was the art-direction. The cars and guns were a nice catch.Overral, Alan Parker written and directed this excellent idea, and he executed it very well. Of course 'Bugsy Malone' is no masterpiece, but it's really fun to watch. Hope they don't remake this - it would that take away all the magic.7/10