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Brockport Strand 93 Main St, Brockport, 637-3310, rochestertheatermanagement.com
Canandaigua Theatres 3181 Townline Road, Canandaigua, 396-0110, rochestertheatermanagement.com
Cinema Theater 957 S. Clinton St., 271-1785, cinemarochester.com
Culver Ridge 16 2255 Ridge Rd E, Irondequoit 544-1140, regmovies.com
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Dryden Theatre 900 East Ave., 271-3361, dryden.eastmanhouse.org
Eastview 13 Eastview Mall, Victor 425-0420, regmovies.com
Geneseo Theatres Geneseo Square Mall, 243-2691, rochestertheatermanagement.com
Greece Ridge 12 176 Greece Ridge Center Drive 225-5810, regmovies.com
Henrietta 18 525 Marketplace Drive 424-3090, regmovies.com
The Little 240 East Ave., 258-0444 thelittle.org
Movies 10 2609 W. Henrietta Road 292-0303, cinemark.com
Pittsford Cinema 3349 Monroe Ave., 383-1310 pittsford.zurichcinemas.com
Tinseltown USA/IMAX 2291 Buffalo Road 247-2180, cinemark.com
Webster 12 2190 Empire Blvd., 888-2624386, amctheatres.com
veterans, their careers provide an unusual context for their activities in the film. The picture opens intercutting between “Stand Up Guys” Val (Pacino) going through the procedures (R), DIRECTED BY FISHER STEVENS of release from prison and his best friend NOW PLAYING Doc (Walken) painting landscapes in his shabby apartment, suggesting a drab sort One of the pleasures of the new movie of freedom contrasting with the gray walls “Stand Up Guys” involves the connections of confinement. When Doc meets Val at between the roles the actors occupy and the the prison gates the action starts along a actors themselves. The three stars, Al Pacino, predictable path, with Val learning how much Christopher Walken, and Alan Arkin, play the world has changed during his years in the aging criminals who reunite after working clink, and wanting to make up for at least together many years ago; watching them some of that lost time with booze and sex and in action, no viewer could ignore the fact drugs. That quest leads to some sequences that the trio themselves have logged decades of silly farce when Val chugs down a bottle in front of the camera. Veterans playing of Viagra so he can perform in his favorite brothel and ends up with an enduring erection that requires desperate treatment. In the midst of the comical events, the characters and action move within the shadow of death. A true stand-up guy, Val took the fall for his colleagues in Christopher Walken, Alan Arkin, and Al Pacino in “Stand Up Guys.”
crime, serving 28 years without ratting on his friends, but a mob boss named Claphands (really), played by Mark Margolis, intends to have him killed in revenge for the death of his son in the job that put Val in prison; making it worse, Doc is the hitman. Resigned to the task, Doc allows Val, who quickly realizes the situation, to enjoy his hours of freedom, his last hours of life. The pace picks up when Val and Doc steal a muscle car from some thugs, rescue their former driver, Hirsch (Alan Arkin), from a nursing home, and embark on a spree. Hirsch retains his old skills at the wheel, speeding all over Los Angeles, evading police pursuit, and enjoying his own visit to the brothel. Along the way the script piles on scenes and incidents to enliven the simple plot — a sweet moment when Val dances with a young woman in a bar, the rescue of a damsel in distress, revenge on a crew of thugs, and some time with a lovely young waitress (Addison Timlin) with a particular connection to Doc. The mixture of comedy and violent action provides enough substance for the movie and Doc’s dilemma contributes an unusual basis for suspense, but much of its entertainment grows from the performances of the three old pros impersonating three old pros. With some assistance from the crusty Arkin, Pacino supplies much of the silliness, but also articulates some serious philosophy
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