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Actors: Joe Mantegna, William H. Macy, Rebecca Pidgeon
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Homicide (1991) |
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Bobby Gold is sensitive about being a Jewish cop on a mostly gentile police force. He gets involved in a criminal investigation that strikes close to home: an elderly Jewish woman is shot to death behind the counter in her store. When the woman's rich and religious family members express the belief that it was a hate crime perpetrated by anti-Semites, Bobby becomes committed to the case. If the family's theory were true, unraveling the circumstance of the woman's death would not only solve the murder but also help Bobby come to terms with his personal identity.
--Elana Starr, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Homicide (1991) |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Story of
- catching brutal killer/stalker
Ethnic/Regional/Gender story?
Yes
Main Char. ethnic: (if not US Caucasian)
- Jew, regular
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Jewish
How sensitive is this character?
- soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- red
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
How much in movie?
- 20%
Main Adversary
Identity:
- an organization
Setting
City?
Yes
City:
- dirty, grimy (like New York)
- dangerous
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
Any profanity?
- A lot of foul language
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