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Wow, that is kinda sad. Shouldn't his movie at least make the independent circuit?

I saw this some time ago and was truly shocked at how shoddy it all is. It appears to be a film made underwater in a foreign country where Pacino didn't understand the script and was working off direction from the makeup woman. Please see it if you get the chance. Its fascinating in the way that you think it'll be one of those mediocre thrillers that gets by thru the sheer force of Pacino's charisma. Unfortunately the decision to make this turkey into a real time thriller just escalates the usual whodunnit inanities inherent in the genre into monumental 'WFT?' moments.

Didn't People I Know go straight to DVD as well? I saw 88 Minutes and I thought it was one of the strangest films I've ever seen because it's like this mediocre DOA remake, except Al Pacino is in it acting all Pacioesque.

People I Know got a week or so of release on a couple of screens in NYC.

I had heard that this was due more to legal issues than any artistic deficiency.

Certainly Al Pacino still has a great box office draw and I know some people who have enjoyed this film for what it is in the regions that it has already been released.

Is Dave actually saying it is going straight-to-dvd or just that the poster looks like a straight-to-dvd design?

People I Know was bad if I remember correctly. But, truthfully, I don't remember much about that movie except that it had Pacino, Tea Leoni and Kim Basinger.

The film has been completed for quite a while and has no US theatrical distributor.

I'm assuming Ocean's 13 will re-establish Pacino as a box office viable individual.

one can start a debate on his last good performance.

I vote Insomnia as his last good one, Donnie Brasco as his last amazing one. AND, Two for the Money as a reason he should be forced into retirement.

Pacino didn't bother me in Two for the Money, probably because most of his scenes are with McConaughey.

"Brandon Lang still lives with his MOMMY! You gotta be.... JOHN ANTHONY!!!!"

"I don't want your money.... I WANT YOUR BOOKIE'S MONEY!!!!!"

"THE MILLION DOLLAR MAN WITH THE BILLION-DOLLAR PLAN!!!!!"

It astonishes me that people don't see the genius of TWO FOR THE MONEY. It's so endlessly entertaining, both an a real and an ironic level. That scene where McC gets the gamblin' fever and is all sweaty and flipping coins on the bathroom floor is worth the price of admission alone.

Okay, I sorta wanna see Two for the Money now. The video store put Casino Royale discs in my Children of Men box so I haven't go back there tomorrow anyway...

For what it's worth, the deplorable PEOPLE I KNOW also played in L.A. I know. I actually paid to see it. I figured, WTF, it's Al. Unfortunately bad Al of CITY HALL and yes, SCENT OF A WOMAN. Not good Al as in INSOMNIA and GLENGARRY GLENN ROSS.

It was just a matter of time for Al. Hes been doing so much schlock the past 10 years it was bound to happen. Check out his resume post 1995. Its tragic.

I know it’s easy and customary to pile on Pacino as far as his recent work is concerned, but he has done some great work since 1995. Donnie Brasco features one of the best performances of his career. He is deliciously entertaining in The Devil’s Advocate, even when he’s shouting. He also gives very strong performances in Insomnia and The Insider. He is fantastic in Angels in America and I enjoyed his work in The Merchant of Venice. I would also argue that he is pretty good in Any Given Sunday.

Al was great in ANY GIVEN SUNDAY, good call. And of course INSOMNIA, great film, better than the original IMO.

For Pacino, now would be the perfect time to stop taking those big money for bad movie deals and actually do a couple smaller pictures where he could actually do some good work.

TWO FOR THE MONEY was just horrendous, a terrible film that's title says it all....

God I hated Any Given Sunday. Could not wait for that crap to end.

God I hated Any Given Sunday. Could not wait for that crap to end.

Sure, but Al was great.

With Ocean's 13, Pacino looks to finally be trying to plug the gaps between small dramatic roles with straight comedy -- i.e. taking the path Nicholson, De Niro, and Hoffman went down a while back -- rather than crappy crime dramas. Let's hope it works for him... I don't want to see Al go away.

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