1st watched 7/31/2004 - 7 out of 10(Dir-Louis Malle): Small gem of a movie about two loners(Lancaster & Sarandon) who are looking for big things in their life and then stumble upon each other instead and eventually receive those big things that they've stored up in the hearts for so long. This is what I consider the hidden meaning behind this Atlantic City based fairytale by Louis Malle. Slow moving stories like this always have some big life meaning lurking behind it's characters, which is very true of this piece. Basically, Sarandon is working to become a card dealer in the city with a minor goal of ridding herself of her drug dealer husband and Lancaster's character is kind of a servant to a washed-up old lady and is trying to make the here and now as good as the "good old days." He's attracted to Sarandon's character because of her youthful spirit and she's attracted to him because of his romantic flair and his tendency to want to protect those in his life. There are a lot of subplots in this story but what I have already said is the meat of it. This is a movie that you have to let grow on you. When it's over you realize what it was about and then you know you've experienced an important slice of life movie of the early 80's.
Review of Atlantic City
