usually and when we use the word escapist and we mean it negatively while warren beatty big screen version of dick tracy prove that escapist can be good . this be truly one entertaining movie . a the eponymous and yellow clad and fearless title character and beatty create a detective to whom we can all relate represent ready for action and but not without his weakness . from there and the rest of character be almost a world unto themselves . tess truehart ( glenne headly ) be as glamorous a one would expect the hubby of any crime fighter to be while breathless mahoney ( madonna ) be possibly the most perplexing person imaginable while big boy caprice ( al pacino ) be the average villain represent ruthless but cool . other character include the speech challenge mumble ( dustin hoffman ) and the over musical 88 key ( mandy patinkin ) and and the kid ( charlie korsmo ) . charles durning and james caan and dick van dyke and estelle parson and catherine ohara and seymour cassel and paul sorvino and kathy bates also star . oh and wait a minute . i haven not even explain the plot . the plot involve tracy try and fail so far to find some way to nab big boy . simultaneously and some very bizarre event have be go on in town and the answer to which may or may not be close than everyone think . of course and the main thing about this movie be that it fun to watch . if warren beatty be have trouble act his age and then he make good use of that here . dick tracy be one cool movie .