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(1 - 50) of 50 OFCS Rating: 72% Fresh Page   1   88/100 "A monumental tale of hatred and prejudice, boasting a magnificent performance by Daniel Day-Lewis. Not only among the year's, but also Scorcese's best."   Apollo Guide   Dan Jardine 88/100 "It will be a film that, in decades hence, will only grow in stature and importance."   Apollo Guide   Dan Jardine C+ "Martin Scorcese delivers an enormous blowout of a film, a biopic of New York in the 1800s... but it’s too much bombast and far too loose."   EDGE Boston   David Foucher 3.5/4 "As you watch it unfold, you find yourself understanding exactly why the man behind the camera remains such a significant influence in modern cinema. This isn't just a movie you watch, after all, but one you experience."   Cinemaphile.org   David Keyes 3/4 "...not quite the masterpiece we've been hoping for."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair A- "It's a glorious spectacle like those D.W. Griffith made in the early days of silent film."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz "Entertainment in the grand if bloody style -- and the performance of Day-Lewis alone makes this film worth the effort."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Donald J. Levit 3/4 "Gangs of New York is flawed and has several slow patches, and that is the bad news. The good news is that, on every other account, it is a remarkably ambitious and deeply powerful masterwork."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman "(...) Sería otra película, quizá no menos interesante pero sí menos hipnótica, si no fuera por Daniel Day-Lewis."   Uruguay Total   Enrique Buchichio 3/4 "Ironic how a film about the struggle for independence in America would succumb to a director losing his artistic freedom to recount it."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress B "One of the darkest visions of humanity I have ever seen."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov B+ "A powerful, compelling and intelligent if imperfect work...a film of enormous ambition which realizes its aims more often than not."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek A- "A very good film sits in the place where a masterpiece should be."   Mixed Reviews   Gabriel Shanks 3/4 "Despite some reservations, however, the movie never lost my interest, and I consider it to be worth a trip to a theater to see."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 2.5/4 "Epic in virtually every sense of the word, the film is nonetheless slow and awkward in telling its revenge story"   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 3/5 "Scorsese's New York tale is a curiously cramped epic, roaring with blood and thunder -- but with nothing to say."   Netflix   James Rocchi 6/10 "Without a strongly-told story, Gangs of New York feels more like an over-stuffed history lesson."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen 8/10 "The film is obviously an accomplished product from the hands of a master filmmaker at work."   Screen It!   Jim Judy 5/10 "There's no emotion in this movie. There's no real connection to the lead character."   JoBlo's Movie Emporium   JoBlo 7/10 "...beautifully photographed, vividly presented, brutally engaging."   DVDTown.com   John J. Puccio 9/10 "There's only one question when it comes to Gangs' acting: Which Oscar is Daniel Day-Lewis going to win – Actor or Supporting Actor? Once the studio decides which category they're going to push him in, AMPAS may as well just mail him the trophy."   Planet Sick-Boy   Jon Popick 3.5/4 "'Visceral, salvaje, visualmente arrebatadora y con una historia que atrapa, Pandillas de Nueva York es un nuevo triunfo en la carrera de uno de los grandes genios incomprendidos del cine.'"   Moviola   Jorge Avila Andrade 1.5/5 "If Scorcese hadn't directed it, no one would even pretend to like it."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery 2.5/4 "There’s too much great filmmaking for it not to be worth seeing, warts and all, but I can’t help but feel this is a missed opportunity."   Montreal Film Journal   Kevin N. Laforest B+ "Bill the Butcher is one of the most indelible characters in screen history and Day-Lewis can make one laugh out loud in admiration"   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 9.5 "Gangs of NY es enorme, no sólo en su colosal y ambiciosa producción, sino también en su épica y en la brillante incorporación de elementos clásicos de la narrativa universal."   Cinenganos   Luis Martinez 3.5/4 "When the film reaches and stretches its narrative boundaries and epic ambitious, it’s about as powerful and awe-inspiring a film as has graced the screen this year, and this makes the flaws much, much easier to endure and overlook."   Mark Reviews Movies   Mark Dujsik "A stunning re-creation not only of period places but also of the period mindset."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 4/5 "Daniel Day-Lewis gives a performance that can only be called magesterial."   Goatdog's Movies   Michael W. Phillips, Jr. 4/4 "Scorsese's film is a real epic, and it's clear that the director has a passion for the subject."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan 2/5 "Martin Scorsese cria um espetáculo visual que não possui alma - um filme esteticamente belo, mas emocionalmente frio."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca 2/5 "Why did Scorsese spend three decades thirsting to make this movie? It's nowhere clear on the screen."   eFilmCritic.com   Rob Gonsalves C+ "…a big, baggy, sprawling carnival of a movie, stretching out before us with little rhyme or reason."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux A "Even if you don't believe that "America was born in the streets," it's a great yarn just the same."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten B ""Gangs of New York" falls short of the mark of such greats by the director as "Raging Bull" and "The Age of Innocence""   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 4.5/5 "A simple vengeance picture inflated to serious epic status by its rich set design and stunning period detail."   Filmcritic.com   Sean O'Connell "The world needs more filmmakers with passionate enthusiasms like Martin Scorsese. But it doesn't need Gangs of New York."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek D- "I’m not convinced that there’s anything more at the center of the finished picture than the director’s own interest in the subject matter."   Decent Films Guide   Steven D. Greydanus 1.5/4 "Beginning as Martin Scorsese's Apocalypse Now, by the end of the auteur's thirty-year dream of Gangs of New York, it more resembles his Titanic."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw 2.5/4 "A disappointing entry in the Scorsese canon."   Oscar Guy   Wesley Lovell "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf B- Read review   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 2.5/4 Read review   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito 8/10 Read review   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Mark R. Leeper 4/4 Read review   Movie Habit   Marty Mapes 4/5 Read review   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow Read review   In the Dark   Jonathan F. Richards Read review   3BlackChicks Review   Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel Read review   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline Read review   TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)   Rick Curnutte  (1 - 50) of 50 OFCS Rating: 72% Fresh Page   1