American Gangster (2007)

3/5

If it were not for some adept performances, American Gangster could almost be a particularly brutal made for TV movie.

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05/22/08

4/5

Washington may have not wanted to glorify the Harlem drug dealer, but with his superb acting skills he has created one of the coolest gangsters since Tony Montana.

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05/20/08

2/5

Telling a true story doesn't excuse a filmmaker from making his movie stand out from the many others that have traversed similar ground.

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05/01/08

B-

It feels familiar, even Washington's performance of real-life Frank Lucas feels like something we've seen before.

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03/04/08

6/10

It isn't that American Gangster is an empirically bad film or is even unenjoyable. But don't be surprised if, when you walk out of the theater, you forget the film ever existed.

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02/28/08

2.5/4

Inflated talk of American Gangster as a modern masterpiece--or even an Oscar-worthy picture--ignores the fact that there's not a single memorable setpiece in the film.

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02/19/08

4/5

Best of all, there are top-flight performances from both Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe who create interesting, rounded characters out of potential clichés.

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02/12/08

4/5

Um filme envolvente que representa mais um alto na carreira repleta de baixos do instável Ridley Scott.

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01/25/08

3/5

Un policial de ritmo tenso y constante, que contrasta a dos personalidades bastante similares a ambos lados de la ley, mientras se deslizan críticas hacia la corrupción política, policial y militar que permite la existencia del narcotráfico.

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01/20/08

3/4

American Gangster delivers fine drama, gripping performances and a dizzy morality tale. But it should have been oh, so much better.

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01/19/08

3/4

This initially hokey 70's-TV-style production determinedly matures into a motion picture with cinematic impact. Happily, climax/resolution detour from others in the genre.

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01/18/08

2.5/4

Ridley Scott forgets that editing is an art form as well

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01/14/08

4.5/5

anabionei maestrika to gkangksteriko drama palaias kopis, aporriptontas tis spasmodikes eksarseis bias ki ekrikseon, alla horis na krybei ta akonismena dontia poy deihnei sto dolofoniko tis ksekinima, poy ksekatharizei akribos ti eidoys gangster einai o A

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01/14/08

N/A

Washington towers above everything in this impressive, tough and long crime drama, convincingly putting his stamp on the elegant man whose callousness alternates with chivalry

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01/08/08

41/100

With all of the bulk, but none of the substance, of your average epic production, American Gangster lumbers across the screen with such obviousness that it is almost shocking.

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01/07/08

B+

Familiar territory, movingly if not memorably explored.

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01/02/08

4/4

"Alcanza el ideal de todo filme ambicioso: entretiene los sentidos y estimula las neuronas."

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12/18/07

3.5/4

When the two get together, the fireworks fly and you realize you are seeing two of the best, EVER, at the top of their game.

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12/15/07

8/10

To Ridley Scott, Frank Lucas is less Superfly and more David Glass.

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11/28/07