| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C+ |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"...combines cop-movie clichés and self-consciousness - a deadly duo." more... |
C |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"...the kind of film where you feel like you know the words and ought to be singing along." more... |
C |
Chicago Tribune
Matt Pais |
"Code blah: Shots fired, movie down." more... |
C- |
E! Online
Dezhda Gaubert |
"A gritty aesthetic and clearheaded storytelling elevate this conventional plot into an engrossing drama." more... |
B |
Entertainment Weekly
Gregory Kirschling |
"...a tightly acted and emotionally bruising corrupt-cop family drama..." more... |
B+ |
filmcritic.com
Sean O'Connell |
"...O'Connor's Pride reminded me of The Departed, though in truth I preferred this to Martin Scorsese's Oscar-winner." more... |
B+ |
New York Post
Kyle Smith |
"Cop schlock." more... |
C- |
New York Times
A. O. Scott |
"...not especially good, but there is enough rough artistry in Mr. O’Connor’s direction to make you wish the film were better." more... |
C |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"The final 15 minutes are so awful that it's difficult to believe that the bulk of the film is actually decent." more... |
B- |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"...directed with grit and grace..." more... |
B |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"Derivative, ugly and stupid. Sappy, sentimental and maudlin. Long, convoluted and opaque. Badly photographed, pompous and fake." more... |
D |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker |
"...busy yet surprisingly inert..." more... |
C |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"...feels like something we've seen before." more... |
C- |
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