The Ruffalo / Hanna / Rubinek / Partridge Overacting Award
Train-station hostage-taker; Capone’s courtroom tirade; Nitti’s fall
In the discussion (3)
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- The bow-tied gangster threatening the bookkeeper pushes his single scene into exaggerated territory.
- De Niro’s repeated insistence that Ness has nothing is unusually excessive, compared with the heightened acting in Dick Tracy.
- Nitti’s death plunge is also nominated, though dated falling effects share the blame.