The Last Tycoon

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The Last Tycoon

PG

1976

2h 2m

Drama

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In this adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's final, unfinished novel, Monroe Stahr (Robert De Niro) is a legendary Hollywood producer hailed as a "boy genius" during the studio system of 1930s Hollywood. Stahr blithely contends with neurotic stars (Tony Curtis, Jeanne Moreau), a union organizer (Jack Nicholson), his adversary (Robert Mitchum), a difficult writer (Donald Pleasence), and his mysterious girlfriend (Ingrid Boulting), but his relentless micromanaging may be his undoing.

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Pauline Kael

The New Yorker

Jan 20, 2024

Kazan's work seems to be a reaction against the shrill energy he has sometimes used to keep a picture going. He's trying something quiet and revelatory, but he seems to have disowned too much of his temperament.

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Geoff Andrew

Time Out

Jun 24, 2006

De Niro proves again how well he can carry a part, and is particularly good in scenes dealing with the day-to-day business of movie-making.

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Vincent Canby

New York Times

May 9, 2005

3/5

The movie is full of echoes. We watch it as if at a far remove from what's happening, but that too is appropriate: Fitzgerald was writing history as it happened.

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James Kendrick

Q Network Film Desk

Mar 27, 2024

2/4

an oddly staid drama that is consistently flat and mannered, much more interesting as a historical artifact than a cinematic experience

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Danielle Solzman

Solzy at the Movies

Jan 12, 2024

2.5/5

The Last Tycoon may be a mild curiosity because of both Fitzgerald and Thalberg but it's not a good film.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Dec 26, 2023

2.5/4

Among 1976 releases set in Hollywood’s golden past, it may not be as good as Peter Bogdanovich’s underrated Nickelodeon but it bests Gable and Lombard and Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood.

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Robert P

@Superbad Oct 17, 2026

The Last Tycoon is a *2* star Movie!

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thiago S

@Thiagostone Jun 3, 2026

Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom

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Horror fan 4

@Horrorfan4life Nov 6, 2025

With an A list cast we got a C Performance from all. This movie was boring in some spots. Tim Treakle

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Ronald F

@RT95414374 Jul 5, 2025

One would hope that an F. Scott Fitzgerald story could be transferred to the screen, especially since it is about Hollywood. However, the writing is so stilted, there is no emotion from any of the actors and almost no drama no mirth no sensibility in any scene. Most of the dialogue is given as if Elia Kazan, the director, told the actors to speak like robots or they are doing a read through with no regard for the narrative. None of the actors seem to have a backstory and none of them are developed. Everyone walks into each scene and leaves with a blank stare. Sad.

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Jeff S.

@jeffsemail101 Jul 4, 2025

De Niro De Niro De Niro

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CodyZamboni Z

@CodyZamboni Aug 11, 2024

DeNiro hits a homerun as movie studio chief, Movie works best showing the behind the scenes of movie making in Hollywood's Golden Age, Sadly the look and design of the movie comes across as cheap TV movie quality, Film goes further downhill with an overlong doomed romance subplot with a scatterbrained boring girl, DeNiros first date with her goes on and on for half an hour, Film should've focused more on Theresa Russell ------ she is so much sexier, charistmatic, and fun. Movie gets better and quite poignant when DeNiro gets kicked out of the studio.

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Synopsis

In this adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's final, unfinished novel, Monroe Stahr (Robert De Niro) is a legendary Hollywood producer hailed as a "boy genius" during the studio system of 1930s Hollywood. Stahr blithely contends with neurotic stars (Tony Curtis, Jeanne Moreau), a union organizer (Jack Nicholson), his adversary (Robert Mitchum), a difficult writer (Donald Pleasence), and his mysterious girlfriend (Ingrid Boulting), but his relentless micromanaging may be his undoing.

Director: Elia Kazan
Producer: Sam Spiegel
Screenwriter: Harold Pinter
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Paramount Pictures, Academy Productions
Rating: PG
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 19, 1976, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 1, 2012
Runtime: 2h 2m

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