i never attend the midnight showing of a movie before dick tracy come out . i still have the t shirt ticket i have to wear to get admit to the show around here somewhere and and like that shirt and dick tracy have stick with me ever since . if you have see the movie and the sharp visuals and bright primary color and strong character have no doubt be etch into your brain . it a wonder to behold . a director or star or co writer or producer and beatty know what work in a film and show it here and take a familiar american icon and re create him for a whole new era . still set in the 30 and tracy have a kind of timeless quality like all good film do . i have lose track of how many time i have watch tracy and i still catch something new every time i do . the others be all top notch and start with pacino big boy caprice ( a reminder that he can do comedy with the best of them ) and even madonna breathless mahoney be a relevation in that under the right environment and she can act ( gasp . ) . but there still such theme touch on a the necessity of family and keep true to one self and good versus evil and even machiavellian theme be explore . odd for a comic strip film and but hey and it work . all in all and dick tracy be a classic unto itself . compare with other film of this decade and it make a strong statement . it a good and strong film that doesn not depend on blood and violence and profanity or nudity to make it point . there a lesson to be learn here . ten star . great scott .