Bayou Caviar

This movie has two Oscar winners but it's really sad to see what bad writing and direction does with talented individuals. The plot is awful and the direction is down right amateur. That said, there were a few interesting things they did for this type of genre. Also the young love interest stole the screen when she was on it which was some nice eye candy.

This is a trivial movie that tries to do too many things. The plot is a mish-mash, with a truly unlikely trigger, and some apparently random cutting back and forth in time adds nothing. Richard Dreyfuss, in full disguise as a Russian mobster mit a wery gutteral accent, what a waste!

If you go into it with low expectations, and don't pay to watch it, it's not a terrible way to kill some time.

This flick isn't nearly as terrible as the other members ratings suggest. Cuba was believable as a hoodlum boxer. And everyone else did their part. It won't win any awards, but it's not a bad Sunday afternoon choice. Overall I gave it a 5/10.

Plot solid, but movie would be a half hour if you skip over unhelpful or irrelevant scenes.

For a directorial debut, Bayou Caviar is a thoughtful, if sometimes unevenly paced film. Cuba Gooding Jr., who wrote and directed, is always watchable, as are Richard Dreyfuss and Famke Janssen.