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Eastern Promises

Overview

Genre :

Drama, Thriller

Release Date :

September 21, 2007 (Wide)

MPAA Rating :

R

Director :

David Cronenberg

Starring :

Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts, Vincent Cassel, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Sinead Cusack, Jerzy Skolimowski, Donald Sumpter

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Go! Watch this movie. You'll regret if not seeing it.    Readers  2 of 5 [Rate It]

3 of 4

“..the first must-see adult film of the young fall..”
by Jack Mathews [NY Daily News]
3.5 of 4

“..much more than just a very accomplished action thriller..”
by Lou Lumenick [New York Post]
2.5 of 4

“..ends on such a bewilderingly abrupt and unsatisfying note, you wonder if there's a missing reel..”
by Tim Knight [Reel.com]
3 of 5

“..a very professional effort... but it's not quite the film it perhaps should have been..”
by David Mercier [Film Judge]
2 of 4

“..a jumbled string of mob-related clich?s that mesh into something that?s derivative and at times uninteresting..”
by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]
3 of 4

“..a crime thriller, that has a fine cast, a crisp plot, a gritty setting, a ballyhooed fight scene, plus a director in top form and full mastery of his sullen art..”
by Rick Groen [Globe and Mail]
4 of 5
Reviewed by Chris Cabin [Filmcritic.com]
3.5 of 4
Reviewed by Geoff Pevere [Toronto Star]
3.5 of 4
Reviewed by Moira Macdonald [Seattle Times]
3.5 of 4
Reviewed by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone]
3.5 of 4
Reviewed by Ty Burr [Boston Globe]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Rene Rodriguez [Miami Herald]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Carrie Rickey [Philadelphia Inquirer]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Claudia Puig [USA Today]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Ed Gonzalez [Slant Magazine]
Reviewed by A.O. Scott [NY Times]

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