A huuuge disappointment! Pacino's worst!

Rating: 3/10 (30 March 2001)

"Scarface" is an over-the-top disaster that runs too long and tries too hard. It's pretentious in every aspect, including the performances. First of all, I'd like to establish that I'm a huge Pacino fan. This was his only role I wasn't pleased with. He overacts way too much in this movie, and looks more like he's just having fun with the accent. That's another thing that bothers me about movies like this. If you want to make a movie about Cuban immigrants, HAVE THEM SPEAK CUBAN!!! I can deal with the subtitles. But instead we're stuck with these phony accents. The minute I saw Robert Loggia and F. Murray Abraham on screen, as Cubans, I was confirmed that this film reached the bottom of the barrel. When was the last time you saw two Hispanic people who just recently came to the country speak English to one another? It happens almost never. And it's very unconvincing. Hell, I have Hispanic friends who've been in this country for a long time and they still speak their language to their other Hispanic friends. And I think many filmmakers take that flaw for granted.
However, I don't agree with the majority who believe this film sets the record for excessive profanity. I think the main reason why it had lots of profanity was b/c of its running time. But face it, I've seen filthier. "The Big Lebowski" was about an hour less in running time and had approximately 244 "f" words--and that doesn't count the other curse words.