Movie Info
Genre :
Drama, ActionRelease Date :
November 02, 2007MPAA Rating :
RDirector :
Ridley ScottStarring :
Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Cuba Gooding Jr., Chiwetel Ejiofor, Josh Brolin, Carla Gugino, Common, T.I., RZA, John Ortiz, Ted Levine
REVIEWS RATE:
Critics 
Readers [Rate It]
“..What "American Gangster" lacks is the ruthless crime lord its title promises..”
by Bruce Newman [San Jose Mercury News]
“..scarcely convincing as social-problem filmmaking..”
by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe]
“..cohesive and gripping..”
by Duane Dudek [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
“..already looking like a major awards contender..”
by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone]
“..a wheezy, hot air-inflated dud..”
by Geoff Pevere [Toronto Star]
“..a rip-snortin' tough-guy movie: the action's exciting violence shocks, its posturing amuses, and it's never less than seat-edge suspenseful..”
by Bob Strauss [LA Daily News]
“..a reason to revisit the genre..”
by Jolie Williamson [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]
“..a professionally made, occasionally gripping and powerful piece of cinema..”
by David Mercier [FilmJudge]
Review rate : A
Reviewed by Chris Vognar [Dallas Morning News]
Reviewed by Chris Vognar [Dallas Morning News]
Review rate : C+
Reviewed by Michael Sragow [Baltimore Sun]
Reviewed by Michael Sragow [Baltimore Sun]
Reviewed by Kenneth Turan [LA Times]
Reviewed by Manohla Dargis [NY Times]
Reader's Reviews
IT WAZ DA BOOOOOOOM! I LIKED IT. DAT IZ HOW WE DO N DA hood,N MY MAN DINZIEL HAD IT ALL.MY HUSBAND T.I. waz n it lookin all fine!!!!!!!!!
posted by DIME on Nov 13, 2007russell crow was great as the undercover cop, a very powerfull movie that i feel definitly deserves the time to watch.
posted by woot011 on Jul 02, 2008MARvelous -- far superior to "No County..." which is half a movie -- when he stops killing at random, so does the movie.
posted by I watch on Sep 27, 2008