The Good ,The Bad, The Ugly Hairdo

Rating: 9/10 (1 January 2014)

Some say that for a film to be truly successful it must have a main character you can sympathize with. I am not sure if this film does all yet I found it interesting and thought provoking. Maybe it is because I was there, North Jersey in the 70s, I was unable to look away.
Amy Adams as Sydney Prosser, just doing what she had to do to get by, Christian Bale as Irvin Rosenfeld playing the odds just trying to make a buck, and he ends up the films moral compass, Bradley Cooper as Richie DiMaso, the misunderstood FBI guy who just wants he get ahead and nobody likes, not even the FBI, Jennifer Lawrence as Rosalyn Rosenfeld, the Jersey accent is worth the ticket price alone and Jeremy Renner (and his hair) as Mayor Carmine Polito, family man extraordinaire who justifies his crime by saying "it was the right thing to do".
Some films have action, some scenery and some like this film focus on characters, quirky funny characters who when you look closely are not that different than people you knew back then, you just don't remember so much polyester and you are sure there was not so much low cut cleavage.
A fine film well worth seeing.