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Beatty's colorful adaptation of the Chester Gould comic strip is a dazzling display of costumery and scenery. The performances in the film are, for the most part, splendid. Pacino's rendition of Tracy's arch-rival Big Boy Caprice is sensational. In the title role, Beatty delivers an appropriately heroic performance; Headly is charming as his girlfriend Tess Trueheart; and Madonna gets to sing a couple of breathy show tunes penned by the inimitable Stephen Sondheim, and all of her other attributes are used to perfection. A highly entertaining romp - maybe now we can forget about Ishtar.