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Worth a look
The film mixes fact and fiction around the events of Jimmy Hoffa's life in full detail. Nicholson is great, and Devito isn't bad. The best praise that I can give this movie is that it doesn't attempt to glamourize Hoffa, or portray him as a saint. This is strictly storytelling, and it's pretty interesting stuff. You can see how Hoffa's life begins too unravel. The theory tacked on at the end serves as a suitable finish to this good, but not great film.

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A must see for everyone, including schools.
"Hoffa", released in December of 1992 along with other bio- pics such as "Malcolm X" and "Chaplin", was a film that opened and faded in a snap. Audiences really took it for granted, thinking it would be a glory film about someone who didn't deserved to be praised. I will agree that the film did take a few liberties, but that's a minor quibble because this film ultimatily showed what few had the courage to acknowledge about Jimmy Hoffa: his fight for the well-being of mankind.
DeVito and Company made a searing biography that gave Nicholson one of the best performance of his lifetime. Everyone should view this film and form their opinion. Those who lived through the time period from the film should give it a look. And, this film should be shown in every high school history class, so they can learn about a man they should never forget.

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Over the Top - and Disappointing
I remember the great hype that surrounded the release of "Hoffa" a decade ago. Jack Nicholson was considered a given for an Oscar nomination and Danny Devito was heralded as "The next Robert Redford," a true Actor's Director. But as is often the case, the hype does'nt translate to results. Part of the problem lies in with the profanity-laced script. The "f" word is used so often that it seems like a parody of "Goodfellas." Devito, playing a fictionalized character, pales in Nicholson's shadow, and his role seems like an afterthought. The ending is also flawed: Hoffa's body has never been found but Devito and Co. assume an ending that seals Hoffa's fate. Nicholson, perhaps the greatest Actor of a generation, flounders here. He overacts grandly in most scenes and fails to win any sympathy for Hoffa. In the few scenes with his family, he overdoes the sentiment and comes off phony. Even the much-anticipated face-off with Bobby Kennedy fails to charge this film. If you want to learn about Jimmy Hoffa, check out A&E's excellent biography.