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Title: Danny Devito Triumphs!
Review: This bio-pic of presumed dead Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa is a stunning achievement by director-producer Danny DeVito and marks another DeVito-Jack Nicholson collaboration. Nicholson, as he usually is, is hauntingly convincing as the blue collar working man turned labor powerbroker and, dare we say, Mafia puppet. But the film is more a showcase of the labor movement's history and conveys the struggle of the then-working class. In a supporting role, DeVito augments his producing-directing duties incredibly, and his project is a spendid snapshot not only of the title subject but the sign of Hoffa's times. Unlike real life, though, DeVito treats us to his suspicion as to how Hoffa met his end, and his explanation is about as good as anyone has come up with.
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