Movie Info
Genre :
Action, ThrillerRelease Date :
October 12, 2007MPAA Rating :
RDirector :
James GrayStarring :
Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes, Robert Duvall, Alex Veadov, Antoni Corone, Tony Musante, Katie Condidorio, Burton Perez, Edward Conlon
REVIEWS RATE:
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“..Until a pair of ludicrous plot twists throw it off its rails, writer-director James Gray's "We Own the Night" is a first-rate urban thriller and family drama..”
by Jack Mathews [NY Daily News]
“..the film rather bumbles along aimlessly until some guns start going off..”
by David Mercier [FilmJudge]
“..It's not that it's so terrible, but it is terribly similar to so many other police dramas at the movies and on TV..”
by Peter Howell [Toronto Star]
“..delivers some of the visceral thrills inherent in the crime-drama genre..”
by Rene Rodriguez [Miami Herald]
“..defiantly, refreshingly unhip..”
by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone]
Review rate : B
“..a competent crime drama with a heavyweight cast and some standout sequences..”
“..a competent crime drama with a heavyweight cast and some standout sequences..”
by Joe Williams [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
Review rate : A-
Reviewed by Brian Orndorf [FilmJerk]
Reviewed by Brian Orndorf [FilmJerk]
Review rate : B+
Reviewed by William Arnold [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]
Reviewed by William Arnold [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]
Reviewed by Kevin Crust [LA Times]
Reviewed by A.O. Scott [NY Times]
Reader's Reviews
a very good film
posted by Josep Louis. on Nov 10, 2008Good story about family ties and job conflicts, too drawn out and slow in many parts...
posted by X5Babe on Jan 02, 2009