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- On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 57% based on 30 reviews, with an average rating of 6/10. The site's critics consensus reads: "While it evokes its time period with a keen sense of swagger, The Rat Pack is troubled by uneven lead performances and fairly routine biopic trappings."
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While it evokes its time period with a keen sense of swagger, The Rat Pack is troubled by uneven lead performances and fairly routine biopic trappings. Read Critics Reviews
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"The Rat Pack" was a fairly good film. There were some squabbles over the casting but there's only so far that you can go with a film. Ray Liotta does a fairly good portrayal of Old Blue Eyes by playing him off as a cocky, brash, fast living human being with a penchant for being connected.
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- It Happened in Brooklyn (1947) Starring Rat Packers Frank Sinatra and Peter Lawford, "It Happened in Brooklyn" is typically regarded as a throwaway film.
- Some Came Running (1958) Starring Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin and co-starring Rat Pack "mascot" Shirley MacLaine, this Vincente Minnelli film is based on the 1957 James Jones novel of the same title (per TCM).
- Never So Few (1959) Based on the novel by Tom T. Chamales (itself inspired by a real-life World War II unit), this is the story of American and British commanders who worked with local guerrillas in Burma to resist the invading Japanese army in 1943 (per TCM).
- Ocean's 11 (1960) The quintessential Rat Pack movie starred the whole gang: Sinatra, Martin, Davis, Lawford, Bishop, and Angie Dickinson (with an uncredited cameo by Shirley MacLaine).
The Rat Pack is a 1998 American HBO made-for-television drama film about the Rat Pack. The movie stars Ray Liotta as Frank Sinatra, Joe Mantegna as Dean Martin, Don Cheadle as Sammy Davis Jr., and Angus Macfadyen as Peter Lawford.
AwardCategoryNominee(s)ResultEric A. SearsNominatedNominatedHilda Stark and Kathleen M. McKerninNominatedBest Casting for TV Movie of the WeekNancy FoyWonMar 10, 2021 · In its re-creation of a time and spirit that our pop culture has so eagerly enshrined in instant legend, this clear-eyed, unsentimental movie is a small marvel of honesty and craft.
THE RAT PACK is an entertaining made for HBO-TV movie chronicling that famous group of entertainers, led by ol' blue eyes, who ruled Hollywood and Las Vegas stages for years and made their presence felt in the political arena as well.
Rob Cohen and HBO on the other hand were able to present a perfectly serviceable movie about the Rat Pack, with Ray Liotta as a decent Sinatra and Don Cheadle and Joe Mantegna fantastically cast as Sammy Davis Jr. and Dean Martin.
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