| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
A- |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
"Consider it the return of the real Martin Scorsese. The cast ain't bad, either." more... |
B+ |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"A relentlessly violent, breathtakingly assured piece of mean-streets filmmaking..." more... |
A- |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips |
"While Nicholson relishes his role, there is such a thing as too much relish." more... |
B |
E! Online
Alex Markerson |
"...grandly twisted..." more... |
A |
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum |
"...splattered with moments of pure, dead-eyed, blood-soaked Scorsesean violence..." more... |
A- |
filmcritic.com
David Thomas |
"...it's proof positive that neither Scorsese nor Nicholson has lost his touch." more... |
B+ |
Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt |
"Martin Scorsese makes a most welcome return to the mean streets of crime and corruption." more... |
A |
New York Times
Manohla Dargis |
"...at once a success and a relief..." more... |
B+ |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"...a masterpiece..." more... |
A |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"...a new American crime classic..." more... |
A |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"There's no attempt at greatness here, just a fabulously successful attempt at a good crime movie." more... |
B+ |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"...a fast-paced, visually slick, psychologically fascinating Boston-set cops-and-crooks saga that traces the interplay between two undercover agents on opposite sides of the law." more... |
A- |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"Two and a half hours race by as this twisting, turning tale blazes its exciting, funny, brutal path." more... |
A- |
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