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Movie Review for Brooklyn Rules
Movie Review for
Brooklyn Rules
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Brooklyn Rules | | |
| Also known as: | Nailed Right In, Nailed Right In (United States) |
31 Reviews total.
Release date: 5/18/2007
Run length: 99 mins.
Categories:
Crime/Gangster
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Comedy
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Drama
Summary:
In 1985 Brooklyn, three boyhood friends come of age on the streets where the violent have power. When one becomes enamored by the mafia lifestyle, all three friends are placed in grave danger as relationships and lives are threatened. Michael, the narrator, is a lovable charmer with the soul of a con man who successfully scams his way into the pre-law program at Columbia University. In contrast to Michael's desire to leave the Brooklyn streets behind, his close friend Carmine, a handsome lady-killer enamored of the Mafia lifestyle, wants nothing more than to stay there. Rounding out the trio is Bobby, an endearing cheapskate who longs for a simple life of working at the Post Office and settling down with his fiancee. While at Columbia, Michael falls for a beautiful young student named Ellen, a society girl whom he initially wins over with his preppy schoolboy cover. As their relationship blossoms, leaving the streets behind seems increasingly possible, but when Carmine catches the eye of Caesar, a feared mobster who controls their Brooklyn neighborhood, Michael and Bobby are drawn into that world despite their reluctance to get involved.
Reviews of Brooklyn Rules
By
Ty Burr
of Boston Globe (8/0)
Too many clichés and not enough energy have come along for the ride.
By
Jules Brenner
of Cinema Signals (8/0)
A thoughtfully satisfying form of non-mob drama is in store for the more serious filmgoer with th...
By
Terry Lawson
of Detroit Free Press (7/0)
...Winter's coming-of-age-in-the-1980s saga is content to rewalk the same mean streets, never duc...
By
Owen Gleiberman
of Entertainment Weekly (8/0)
The boys-in-the-Italian-hood clichés were penned by Sopranos scribe Terence Winter, so they ...
By
Frank Lovece
of Film Journal International (8/0)
It all remains as charming and likable as the mutt that Bobby adopts, and the genuine New York lo...
By
Don Willmott
of filmcritic.com (8/0)
...cliché-clogged...
Reviews of Brooklyn Rules
By
Brian Linder
of IGN Movies (7/0)
Brooklyn Rules is a watchable flick but it's also tired and derivative, which is a shame given th...
By
Evan Henerson
of Los Angeles Daily News (8/0)
The friends, the neighborhood, the loyalty, the bloodshed, Alec Baldwin playing a bad-ass wise gu...
By
Pete Hammond
of Maxim (8/0)
Although yet another set-in-the-80's coming of age film, it's a familiar but affecting story.
By
Cathy Jakicic
of Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (7/0)
Singularly unoriginal, full of clichés and tough-neighborhood set pieces tied together with Good...
By
Ken Hanke
of Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (7/0)
Absolutely nothing to recommend the film as anything other than a sagging collection of predictab...
By
Ted Murphy
of Murphy's Movie Reviews (8/0)
This is an enjoyable, well-written, finely acted and strongly directed movie.
Reviews of Brooklyn Rules
By
Jack Mathews
of New York Daily News (8/0)
Though the three friends at the center of the story don't always look or sound smart, the movie d...
By
David Edelstein
of New York Magazine (8/0)
The mix of autobiographical texture and authentic mobster minutiae puts it over and then some.
By
Lou Lumenick
of New York Post (8/0)
Vivid work by Alec Baldwin as a brutal Gambino crime family captain isn't enough to justify the s...
By
Jan Stuart
of Newsday (8/0)
If Winter had an extraordinary youth, it eludes Brooklyn Rules, another generic memory piece in w...
By
Cynthia Fuchs
of PopMatters (8/0)
Ah, the nostalgic mob drama. No matter the brutality, the blood, or the sheer fear that shape the...
By
Gary Goldstein
of Reel.com (8/0)
Though there's little original about Brooklyn Rules, it's an engaging tale of lifelong friends na...
Reviews of Brooklyn Rules
By
Michelle Orange
of Reeler (8/0)
Brooklyn Rules has enough heart and personality to freshen what could easily be construed as stal...
By
Laura Clifford
of Reeling Reviews (8/0)
Prinze Jr., Caan and Ferrara forge such believable bonds of friendship that even though the film ...
By
Robin Clifford
of Reeling Reviews (8/0)
...an entertaining buddy film blessed with sharp, often funny dialogue and solid performances fro...
By
Mick LaSalle
of San Francisco Chronicle (7/0)
Capturing Manhattan's essence is easy. But capturing life inside provincial New York City -- is s...
By
Nick Schager
of Slant Magazine (8/0)
A blatant Scorsese knock-off with a few Godfather and A Bronx Tale flourishes thrown in for good ...
By
Maitland McDonagh
of TV Guide's Movie Guide (8/0)
Director Michael Corrente and screenwriter Terence Winter don't miss a cliché, but they spin them...
Reviews of Brooklyn Rules
By
Scott Foundas
of Village Voice (8/0)
As a longtime writer on The Sopranos, Terence Winter has steered clear of most of the hoary organ...
By
Desson Thomson
of Washington Post (7/0)
Against all odds, it remains surprisingly watchable.
By
Susan Granger
of www.susangranger.com (8/0)
Edgy and insightful - with the subtle shadings of a watercolor.
By
Mark Keizer
of Boxoffice Magazine (7/1) No reference
Director Michael Corrente’s borough-specific details and Sopranos writer Terence Winter’s well-dr...
By
Lisa Rose
of Newark Star-Ledger (3/5) No reference
Once you get beyond the surface clichés, there's truth and sincerity in the dialogue and performa...
By
Harvey S. Karten
of Compuserve (6/2) Not Reachable
A surprisingly strong feature about lifelong buddies, one taking the high road to college and law...
Reviews of Brooklyn Rules
By
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
of TheMovieChicks.com (6/1) Not Reachable
If we were playing by mob rules, this movie would get the 'slicer' treatment for trying to impers...
Movie Distributors
City Lights Pictures Production Companies
Southpaw Entertainment
Eagle Beach Productions
Cataland Films
Straight Up Films Movie Studios
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