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Movie Info


Genre :

Action, Thriller

Release Date :

October 12, 2007

MPAA Rating :

R

Director :

James Gray

Starring :

Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes, Robert Duvall, Alex Veadov, Antoni Corone, Tony Musante, Katie Condidorio, Burton Perez, Edward Conlon

Critics Reviews :  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Reader's Reviews :  Be the 1st!

2.5 of 4

“..Until a pair of ludicrous plot twists throw it off its rails, writer-director James Gray's "We Own the Night" is a first-rate urban thriller and family drama..”
by Jack Mathews [NY Daily News]
2 of 5

“..the film rather bumbles along aimlessly until some guns start going off..”
by David Mercier [FilmJudge]
2 of 4

“..It's not that it's so terrible, but it is terribly similar to so many other police dramas at the movies and on TV..”
by Peter Howell [Toronto Star]
2 of 4

“..delivers some of the visceral thrills inherent in the crime-drama genre..”
by Rene Rodriguez [Miami Herald]
3 of 4

“..defiantly, refreshingly unhip..”
by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone]
Review rate : B

“..a competent crime drama with a heavyweight cast and some standout sequences..”
by Joe Williams [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
Review rate : A-
Reviewed by Brian Orndorf [FilmJerk]
Review rate : B+
Reviewed by William Arnold [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Michael Machosky [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Susan Tavernetti [Palo Alto Online]
Reviewed by Kevin Crust [LA Times]
Reviewed by A.O. Scott [NY Times]

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