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Movie Review for Gangs of New York
Movie Review for
Gangs of New York
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150 Reviews total.
Release date: 12/20/2002
Run length: 165 mins.
Categories:
Action/Adventure
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Adaptation
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Drama
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Crime/Gangster
Summary:
In 1860's lower Manhattan, the Five Points section is a dark, teeming corner of the city known for vice and chaos. Into this frontier of lawlessness arrives the young Irish American, Amsterdam Vallon. Amsterdam is the orphaned son of the slain Priest Vallon--once chief warrior of the Dead Rabbits gang that rallied the Irish immigrants of the Five Points. After 16 years in a "House of Refuge," Amsterdam has returned to the Five Points to hunt down his father's killer. His target is William Cutting (aka "Bill the Butcher") who has since become the merciless new leader of the neighborhood and detests the newly arrived immigrants. Each year, on the anniversary of Priest Vallon's death, the victory is commemorated with a celebration--with invitations handed out by way of the Butcher himself. Amsterdam's plan is clear: to lie in wait and slay his father's killer. While waiting for that night, Amsterdam works his way deep into the Butcher's inner circle, a world of alternating honor and cruelty from which he can only hope to escape. But the closer he gets to Bill, the more he falls under his spell and becomes conflicted--playing the role of the man's surrogate son while keeping the true secret of his past in the shadows. At the same time, Amsterdam meets Jenny Everdeane, an enigmatic pickpocket whose fierce independence fascinates him. When details of her closely linked past with Bill the Butcher emerge, the relationship between the three intensifies. Amsterdam's fight for family honor, freedom and the woman he loves ultimately collides with a pivotal moment in New York and American history: the 1863 Civil War Draft Riots. This uprising, fueled by new Americans like Amsterdam, will have repercussions that will spread through the Five Points to the halls of Government and beyond, and reveal a tenacious spirit in the city that endures.
Reviews of Gangs of New York
By
Rebecca Murray
of About.com (8/0)
Daniel Day-Lewis is seemingly possessed by his character, Bill the Butcher. His imposing presence...
By
Mike McGranaghan
of Aisle Seat (8/0)
Scorsese's film is a real epic, and it's clear that the director has a passion for the subject.
By
Brian Webster
of Apollo Guide (8/0)
Belongs to Daniel Day-Lewis as much as it belongs to Martin Scorsese; it’s a memorable performanc...
By
Dan Jardine
of Apollo Guide (8/0)
A monumental tale of hatred and prejudice, boasting a magnificent performance by Daniel Day-Lewis...
By
Philip Martin
of Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (8/0)
...a product of supreme confidence and sublime cheek.
By
Nev Pierce
of BBC (7/1)
...both astounds and enthrals...
Reviews of Gangs of New York
By
Ty Burr
of Boston Globe (8/0)
Like many operas, this is long, overwrought, sprawling, and more than frequently brilliant. It al...
By
Dan Marcucci and Nancy Serougi
of Broomfield Enterprise (7/1)
The best part about “Gangs” was Daniel Day-Lewis.
By
Roger Ebert
of Chicago Sun-Times (8/0)
All of this is a triumph for Scorsese, and yet I do not think this film is in the first rank of h...
By
Margaret A. McGurk
of Cincinnati Enquirer (8/0)
...a work of harsh and fearless artistry from a master at the top of his form.
By
Joshua Tyler
of CinemaBlend.com (8/0)
Gangs of New York is an unapologetic mess, whose only saving grace is that it ends by blowing jus...
By
David Keyes
of Cinemaphile.org (7/1)
As you watch it unfold, you find yourself understanding exactly why the man behind the camera rem...
Reviews of Gangs of New York
By
Karina Montgomery
of Cinerina (8/0)
If Scorcese hadn't directed it, no one would even pretend to like it.
By
Paul Clinton (CNN.com)
of CNN.com (8/0)
Scorsese is at the peak of his powers.
By
Mark Palermo
of Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) (8/0)
It's only because Scorsese serves a lavishly enthralling revenge thriller to cover his thematic h...
By
Harvey S. Karten
of Compuserve (8/0)
Who's it gonna be this year? Jack Nicholson or Daniel Day-Lewis?
By
Gary Mairs
of culturevulture.net (8/0)
Scorsese's best fiction film since Goodfellas.
By
Steven D. Greydanus
of Decent Films Guide (8/0)
I’m not convinced that there’s anything more at the center of the finished picture th...
Reviews of Gangs of New York
By
Steven D. Greydanus
of Decent Films Guide (8/0)
I’m not convinced that there’s anything more at the center of the finished picture th...
By
Boo Allen
of Denton Record Chronicle (TX) (7/1)
Scorsese recreates mid 19th century New York in this epic story of revenge that sports strange ac...
By
Boo Allen
of Denton Record Chronicle (TX) (7/1)
Scorsese recreates mid 19th century New York in this epic story of revenge that sports strange ac...
By
John J. Puccio
of DVDTown.com (7/1)
...beautifully photographed, vividly presented, brutally engaging.
By
Sean O'Connell
of E! Online (8/0)
...magnificent...
By
Eugene Novikov
of Film Blather (8/0)
One of the darkest visions of humanity I have ever seen.
Reviews of Gangs of New York
By
Walter Chaw
of Film Freak Central (8/0)
Beginning as Martin Scorsese's Apocalypse Now, by the end of the auteur's thirty-year dream of Ga...
By
Kevin Lally
of Film Journal International (7/1)
A mightily impressive recreation of a fascinating piece of history.
By
Jimmy O
of Film Snobs (8/0)
A brilliant film that allows Scorcese to explore the roots of the conflict in his other films.
By
Sean O'Connell
of filmcritic.com (8/0)
A simple vengeance picture inflated to serious epic status by its rich set design and stunning pe...
By
Victoria Alexander
of FilmsInReview.com (8/0)
The story drags on and the drama only comes to life when the astonishing Day-Lewis is on screen.
By
Todd Gilchrist
of FilmStew.com (8/0)
Gangs Of New York is a magnificent film, and is challengingly about more than the sum of its’ par...
Reviews of Gangs of New York
By
Rob Vaux
of Flipside Movie Emporium (8/0)
…a big, baggy, sprawling carnival of a movie, stretching out before us with little rhyme or reaso...
By
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
of Goatdog's Movies (8/0)
Daniel Day-Lewis gives a performance that can only be called magesterial.
By
Eric Lurio
of Greenwich Village Gazette (8/0)
The acting is extraordinary.
By
Kevin Fiddler
of Henderson Home News (Henderson, NV) (8/0)
Visually stunning, 'Gangs' one of the year's hottest tickets. Scorsese's years of vision will bec...
By
Ross Anthony
of Hollywood Report Card (8/0)
Just as Day works his mojo to hide these flaws, so does Scorcese with a strong fiery visual style...
By
Kirk Honeycutt
of Hollywood Reporter (8/0)
Astonishing and audacious, the film certainly creates a kind of perverse beauty and excitement ou...
Reviews of Gangs of New York
By
David Poland
of Hot Button (8/0)
It was the best of films, it was the worst of films…
By
Steve Rhodes
of Internet Reviews (8/0)
The movie is so over the top and silly, that you'll find yourself thinking of the sets as a proto...
By
JoBlo
of JoBlo's Movie Emporium (8/0)
There's no emotion in this movie. There's no real connection to the lead character.
By
Bob Bloom
of Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN) (8/0)
This overlong and bloated tableaux about corruption, politics, cultural clashes and personal reve...
By
Bob Bloom
of Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN) (7/1)
This overlong and bloated tableaux about corruption, politics, cultural clashes and personal reve...
By
Alex Sandell
of Juicy Cerebellum (8/0)
This is Scorsese's finest work, and one of the best films of 2002.
Reviews of Gangs of New York
By
Steve Crum
of Kansas City Kansan (8/0)
It is unrelentingly gritty and tense.
By
Blake Davis
of KFOR Channel 4 News (8/0)
A great big, sprawling mess of a movie that depicts a melting pot not of hopes and dreams, but of...
By
John Powers
of L.A. Weekly (8/0)
What ultimately gives Gangs of New York its power is less its storytelling than its grand, bracin...
By
Robert Roten
of Laramie Movie Scope (8/0)
Even if you don't believe that "America was born in the streets," it's a great yarn just the same...
By
Jon Niccum
of Lawrence Journal-World (8/0)
Gangs of New York starts out an epic and ends up an epic mess.
By
Mark Dujsik
of Mark Reviews Movies (8/0)
When the film reaches and stretches its narrative boundaries and epic ambitious, it’s about as po...
Reviews of Gangs of New York
By
Kevin N. Laforest
of Montreal Film Journal (8/0)
There’s too much great filmmaking for it not to be worth seeing, warts and all, but I can’t help ...
By
Ken Hanke
of Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (8/0)
Gangs of New York is, quite honestly, nothing short of a masterpiece %u2013 a big, sprawling epic...
By
Mark Ramsey
of MovieJuice! (8/0)
Daniel Day-Lewis sure looks dandy in his plaid pants. 'Add a set of Callaways and a green blazer...
By
Jorge Avila Andrade
of Moviola (8/0)
'Visceral, salvaje, visualmente arrebatadora y con una historia que atrapa, Pandillas de Nueva Yo...
By
John Anderson
of Newsday (8/0)
Gangs, for all its bloodletting, is the aberrant case of a movie that needed more violence to mak...
By
Nick Davis
of Nick's Flick Picks (8/0)
One decision Gangs of New York can never quite make is whether its primary disposition is toward ...
Reviews of Gangs of New York
By
Jeffrey Westhoff
of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) (8/0)
Both flawed and delayed, Martin Scorcese’s Gangs of New York still emerges as his most vital work...
By
Spyder Darling
of NY Rock (8/0)
Gangs...could eat Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist for lunch and have the Artful Dodger turning tric...
By
Frank Swietek
of One Guy's Opinion (8/0)
A powerful, compelling and intelligent if imperfect work...a film of enormous ambition which real...
By
Dennis Schwartz
of Ozus' World Movie Reviews (8/0)
It's a glorious spectacle like those D.W. Griffith made in the early days of silent film.
By
Frédéric Rochefort-Allie
of Panorama (8/0)
Scorsese maîtrise la réalisation comme Bill « Le Boucher » manie ses couteaux.
By
Sean Burns
of Philadelphia Weekly (8/0)
You'd have to look back to Apocalypse Now to find a film on so grand a scale so warped by its cre...
Reviews of Gangs of New York
By
Jon Popick
of Planet Sick-Boy (8/0)
There's only one question when it comes to Gangs' acting: Which Oscar is Daniel Day-Lewis going ...
By
Brandon Judell
of PopcornQ (7/1)
If Gangs of New York was a musical, you'd leave the theater humming the sets.
By
Brandon Judell
of PopcornQ (7/1)
If Gangs of New York was a musical, you'd leave the theater humming the sets.
By
James Kendrick
of Q Network Film Desk (8/0)
Epic in virtually every sense of the word, the film is nonetheless slow and awkward in telling it...
By
Linda Cook
of Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) (8/0)
There's blood on the streets of New York. And we're not talking 2002.
By
Linda Cook
of Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) (8/0)
There's blood on the streets of New York. And we're not talking 2002.
Reviews of Gangs of New York
By
David Nusair
of Reel Film Reviews (8/0)
...not quite the masterpiece we've been hoping for.
By
Tor Thorsen
of Reel.com (8/0)
It's a gruesome masterpiece, savage and majestic, unbearable and irresistible all at once.
By
Laura Clifford
of Reeling Reviews (8/0)
Bill the Butcher is one of the most indelible characters in screen history and Day-Lewis can make...
By
Robin Clifford
of Reeling Reviews (8/0)
"Gangs of New York" falls short of the mark of such greats by the director as "Raging Bull" and "...
By
Donald J. Levit
of ReelTalk Movie Reviews (8/0)
Entertainment in the grand if bloody style -- and the performance of Day-Lewis alone makes this f...
By
James Berardinelli
of ReelViews (8/0)
Despite some reservations, however, the movie never lost my interest, and I consider it to be wor...
Reviews of Gangs of New York
By
Tom Grealis
of RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland) (8/0)
Welcome as it is to see Scorsese (somewhat) back in the groove, it's even more welcome to see Day...
By
Jim Lane
of Sacramento News & Review (8/0)
Apart from the scenes of brawling and violence, Scorsese's energy flags; he and his writers negle...
By
Mick LaSalle
of San Francisco Chronicle (8/0)
Though big in size, Gangs isn't big in ideas.
By
Jim Judy
of Screen It! (8/0)
The film is obviously an accomplished product from the hands of a master filmmaker at work.
By
William Arnold
of Seattle Post-Intelligencer (8/0)
It doesn't come together to tell a coherent story that leaves us with an emotion higher than disg...
By
Chuck Rudolph
of Slant Magazine (8/0)
Never before has Scorsese been so willing to let his naked enthusiasm--his love not only for the ...
Reviews of Gangs of New York
By
David Edelstein
of Slate (4/4)
It's a magnificent achievement -- holes, tatters, crudities, screw-ups, and all.
By
Rob Blackwelder
of SPLICEDWire (8/0)
The tag line for this film is 'America was born in the streets,' and the dark, unspoken truth of ...
By
Nick Rogers
of State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL) (8/0)
Gangs’ editing, suspense, and overall visual style all are evocative of classic Scorsese greats, ...
By
Shannon J. Harvey
of Sunday Times (Australia) (8/0)
If Scorsese ever puts out a director's cut, that will be the film to watch.
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By
Richard Corliss
of TIME Magazine (8/0)
Scorsese's congested, conflicted, entrancing achievement.
By
Audrey Rock-Richardson
of Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah) (8/0)
...brutally captures the manic cultural carnival of young New York City.
Reviews of Gangs of New York
By
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
of UK Critic (8/0)
After all the expectation, it is surprising how absorbing "Gangs of New York" is as a playing mov...
By
Enrique Buchichio
of Uruguay Total (5/3)
(...) Sería otra película, quizá no menos interesante pero sí menos hipnótica, si no fuera por Da...
By
Mike Clark
of USA Today (8/0)
If Martin Scorsese's staggeringly ambitious one-of-a-kind finally has too many flaws to be great,...
By
Jeffrey Chen
of Window to the Movies (8/0)
Without a strongly-told story, Gangs of New York feels more like an over-stuffed history lesson.
By
Steven Snyder
of Zertinet Movies (8/0)
There is something heartbreaking about my final conclusion. “Gangs of New York” could have been b...
By
A. O. Scott
of New York Times (3/6) Login Required (Login Required)
...a near-great movie.
Reviews of Gangs of New York
By
Phil Villarreal
of Arizona Daily Star (3/5) No reference
Despite its faults, Gangs excels in spectacle and pacing.
By
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
of Atlanta Journal-Constitution (4/4) No reference
...a fever-sprawl of a movie, a melting-pot panorama, brought to full boil.
By
Christopher Smith
of Bangor Daily News (Maine) (4/4) No reference
Scorsese doesn't give us a character worth giving a damn about.
By
Josh Gilchrist
of Billings Outpost (Montana) (5/3) No reference
Scorsese needs to be satisfied with his place as one of the most talented filmmakers instead of w...
By
Josh Gilchrist
of Billings Outpost (Montana) (5/3) No reference
Scorsese needs to be satisfied with his place as one of the most talented filmmakers instead of w...
By
Ray Greene
of Boxoffice Magazine (3/5) No reference
It's hard to imagine that the young Scorsese, a daring and innovative film stylist, would have se...
Reviews of Gangs of New York
By
Roger Ebert
of Chicago Sun-Times (3/5) No reference
It is very good but not great.
By
Michael Wilmington
of Chicago Tribune (3/5) No reference
...definitely the work of a master.
By
Pablo Villaca
of Cinema em Cena (3/5) No reference
Martin Scorsese cria um espetáculo visual que não possui alma - um filme esteticamente belo, mas ...
By
Luis Martinez
of Cinenganos (3/5) No reference
Gangs of NY es enorme, no sólo en su colosal y ambiciosa producción, sino también en su épica y e...
By
Luis Martinez
of Cinenganos (3/5) No reference
Gangs of NY es enorme, no sólo en su colosal y ambiciosa producción, sino también en su épica y e...
By
Justin Hartung
of Citysearch (3/5) No reference
Not surprisingly, director Martin Scorsese delivers an ambitious spectacle with jaw-dropping sets...
Reviews of Gangs of New York
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Robert Denerstein
of Denver Rocky Mountain News (3/5) No reference
Gangs can be riveting, but for all its violence, it fails to land a knockout blow.
By
Jeff Vice
of Deseret News, Salt Lake City (7/1) No reference
A film that suffers because of its many excesses.
By
D.K. Holm
of DVDTalk.com (4/4) No reference
If Scorsese has been brooding on the subject this long, The Gangs of New York should be a transce...
By
David Foucher
of EDGE Boston (7/1) No reference
Martin Scorcese delivers an enormous blowout of a film, a biopic of New York in the 1800s... but ...
By
MaryAnn Johanson
of Flick Filosopher (3/5) No reference
A stunning re-creation not only of period places but also of the period mindset.
By
Liz Braun
of Jam! Movies (3/5) No reference
As wild and complex and as attractive as the city it celebrates.
Reviews of Gangs of New York
By
Louis B. Hobson
of Jam! Movies (3/5) No reference
Scorsese has rung frighteningly real performances from his large cast.
By
James Sanford
of James Sanford on Film (7/1) No reference
While Scorsese's bold images and generally smart casting ensure that "Gangs" is never lethargic, ...
By
Marshall Fine
of Journal News (Westchester, NY) (3/5) No reference
A rousing, robust and thought-provoking history lesson disguised as an epic piece of entertainmen...
By
Robert W. Butler
of Kansas City Star (3/5) No reference
Its accomplishments are astounding, as are its flaws, but even its shortcomings are worn as proud...
By
Robert W. Butler
of Kansas City Star (3/5) No reference
Its accomplishments are astounding, as are its flaws, but even its shortcomings are worn as proud...
By
Danny Minton
of KBTV-NBC (Beaumont, TX) (4/4) No reference
Daniel Day-Lewis should start writing his Oscar acceptance speech right now.
Reviews of Gangs of New York
By
Glenn Whipp
of Los Angeles Daily News (3/5) No reference
An endlessly fascinating, landmark movie that is as bold as anything the cinema has seen in years...
By
Kenneth Turan
of Los Angeles Times (7/1) No reference
It has not been worth the wait.
By
Matt Easterbrook
of Matt's Movie Reviews (3/5) No reference
I’m going out on a limb and predicting that Gangs Of New York will win best picture, best directo...
By
Duane Dudek
of Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (7/1) No reference
It's a beautifully mounted period piece whose highlight is a fire-breathing performance by Daniel...
By
Duane Dudek
of Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (7/1) No reference
It's a beautifully mounted period piece whose highlight is a fire-breathing performance by Daniel...
By
Gabriel Shanks
of Mixed Reviews (4/4) No reference
A very good film sits in the place where a masterpiece should be.
Reviews of Gangs of New York
By
Michael Elliott
of Movie Parables (7/1) No reference
A fascinating albeit violent look at a tumultuous time in our country's development.
By
James Rocchi
of Netflix (4/4) No reference
Scorsese's New York tale is a curiously cramped epic, roaring with blood and thunder -- but with ...
By
Jonathan Foreman
of New York Post (3/5) No reference
Though never dull and often visually beautiful, this work of operatic sweep doesn't fulfill its o...
By
David Ansen
of Newsweek (4/4) No reference
You have to honor its mad ambition. But sadly, it feels like a dream too long deferred.
By
Shawn Levy
of Oregonian (3/5) No reference
There is greatness in Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York: titanic acting, violent poetry, moviem...
By
Jay Boyar
of Orlando Sentinel (4/4) No reference
A sprawling, rhythmless, exploitatively violent folly, studded with shallow characters.
Reviews of Gangs of New York
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Roger Moore
of Orlando Sentinel (3/5) No reference
Missteps aside, this is moviemaking of real ambition.
By
Gary Thompson
of Philadelphia Daily News (3/5) No reference
Gangs, despite the gravity of its subject matter, is often as fun to watch as a good spaghetti we...
By
Forrest Hartman
of Reno Gazette-Journal (7/1) No reference
If Gangs of New York isn’t considered an immediate classic, it will be someday. Like Scorsese him...
By
Jack Garner
of Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (7/1) No reference
A film that overflows with passion, artistry and vitality.
By
Peter Travers
of Rolling Stone (3/5) No reference
...something better than perfect: It's thrillingly alive.
By
Joe Baltake
of Sacramento Bee (7/1) No reference
A good film, but a letdown.
Reviews of Gangs of New York
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Sean Means
of Salt Lake Tribune (3/5) No reference
The story... ranges so widely that it sometimes gets away from Scorsese and his tag-team of stron...
By
David Elliott
of San Diego Union-Tribune (4/4) No reference
Everyone is a cutout, attached to simple idea balloons, though Scorsese shows a ripe, splurging l...
By
Joe Leydon
of San Francisco Examiner (3/5) No reference
A blood-and-thunder American epic, audacious in its ambition and awesome in its achievement.
By
Moira MacDonald
of Seattle Times (3/5) No reference
Bill the Butcher is a coiled monster with a guttural voice and a sharply thrown knife; Day-Lewis ...
By
Nicolas Lacroix
of Showbizz.net (3/5) No reference
Une fresque impressionnante par moments, qu'il faut voir pour le début et la fin, en pardonnant S...
By
Todd Anthony
of South Florida Sun-Sentinel (3/5) No reference
We expect filet mignon when we dine at Trattoria Scorsese. Gangs of New York is more like good ha...
Reviews of Gangs of New York
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John Urbancich
of Sun Newspapers of Cleveland (7/1) No reference
Even at a disturbing 168 minutes, the big, bold, bloody “Gangs” and its eloquently quiet ending l...
By
Josh Larsen
of Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (3/5) No reference
Like New York during the 1863 riots, `Gangs' goes up in flames, leaving us with a broken vision o...
By
Paul Salfen
of Supercala.com (3/5) No reference
It's a shame, really. I was looking forward to this one.
By
Dustin Putman
of TheMovieBoy.com (4/4) No reference
Gangs of New York is flawed and has several slow patches, and that is the bad news. The good news...
By
Jonathan R. Perry
of Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas) (3/5) No reference
The greatest living American filmmaker returns to form in a triumph of raw cinematic power.
By
Josef Braun
of Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada) (3/5) No reference
It brings a brute freshness to the Hollywood epic and confirms Scorsese's abilities as a master s...
Reviews of Gangs of New York
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Josef Braun
of Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada) (3/5) No reference
It brings a brute freshness to the Hollywood epic and confirms Scorsese's abilities as a master s...
By
Michael Szymanski
of Zap2it.com (7/1) No reference
Take a handful of good-looking actors and dirty them up, add an epic-loving story-telling directo...
By
Lawrence Toppman
of Charlotte Observer (7/1) Not Reachable
An operatic, sprawling picture that's entertainingly acted, magnificently shot and gripping enoug...
By
Rene Rodriguez
of Miami Herald (7/1) Not Reachable
At its best, the movie gives you a taste of the epic Scorsese intended, an epic that, sadly, will...
By
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
of St. Paul Pioneer Press (4/4) Not Reachable
The 1860s New York sets in Gangs of New York are amazing. Too bad the dull characters keep blocki...
By
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
of TheMovieChicks.com (7/1) Not Reachable
The movie's an epic, but that's just a nice way of saying it's boring and lasts forever.
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