Variety
Substance is here in spades, along with the twisted, brilliantly controlled style on which filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen made a name.
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Miller's Crossing
Tom Regan (Gabriel Byrne) tries to keep the peace between warring mobs but gets caught in divided loyalties in this Coen brothers neo-noir gangster film.
When the Italian mafia threatens to kill a crooked bookie (John Turturro), Irish mob boss Leo O'Bannon (Albert Finney) refuses to allow it, chiefly because he's dating the bookie's sister, Verna Bernbaum (Marcia Gay Harden). Leo's right-hand man, Tom Reagan (Byrne) is also seeing Verna on the sly, and when he's found out is obliged to switch sides, going to work for the Italian mob amidst a dramatically escalating gang war over liquor distribution.
1990Rating: R18, Violence115 minsUSA
CrimeDramaThriller
- Director:
- Joel CoenEthan Coen ('Fargo', 'The Big Lebowski', 'True Grit')
- Writer:
- Ethan CoenJoel Coen
- Cast:
- Gabriel ByrneMarcia Gay HardenJohn TurturroJon PolitoJ.E. FreemanAlbert FinneyMike StarrSteve Buscemi
Miller's Crossing / Reviews
Time Out
It's arguably the US mainstream's first art movie since Days of Heaven; and quite wonderful.
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Los Angeles Times
Yet anything this stylish should have something to say, and "Miller's Crossing" is a declaration of serious but not altogether fathomable intentions. And unfortunately for a movie about friendship and loyalty, its diversions aren't enough to melt its cold, cold heart.
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Empire Magazine
With suddenly dark moments and trademark inflections in the script, it remains typically Coen unorthodox - another intriguing contradiction.
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