Written and directed by one of my favorite people -- Elaine May! The awesome Peter Falk could play any role. With Cassavetes and Ned Beatty. Nick (Cassavetes) is hiding from the mob, in a hotel, and calls his buddy Mike (Falk) for help. Nick is sure that someone is out to get him. And apparently, they ARE ! It gets slow and annoying in the middle... do we really need to watch Peter Falk, as HE watches Nick make out with a girl... for about 10 minutes. They go all over the city, but Nick is loud and annoying, and picks fights everywhere they go. Beatty is Kinney, who seems to be out to get Nick. This one is a more serious drama/suspense film; doesn't have any of the humor that is all over New Leaf and Ishtar. Apparently, budget or ownership issues held up the release, which happened with several of the films in which Elaine May was a part. She seems to have a record of shooting too much film, but the finished, completed version always seems to come out fine (New Leaf, Mikey and Nicky) or maybe just okay (Ishtar... but i blame that on bad casting; Beatty was just wrong for the part). E. May was AWESOME in Small Time Crooks. But that was W. Allen.
Review of Mikey and Nicky
