Ash Wednesday is not Edward Burns' best film, but it is a good and ambitious film. And it marks him as one of the most interesting writer/directors working today.
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02/23/03
Ash Wednesday (2002)
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Reviews Counted:14
Fresh:4
Rotten:10
Average Rating:4/10
Theatrical Release:Oct 11, 2002 Limited
Synopsis: Ash Wednesday, 1980. Hell's Kitchen, New York City. Exactly three years ago, while tending bar, Sean Sullivan (Elijah Wood) overhears some mobsters who speak of a plan to murder his older brother,... [More]
Starring: Edward Burns, Elijah Wood, Rosario Dawson, Oliver Platt
Director: Edward Burns
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04/20/04
We don't see much box-office green in this film's future.
10/11/02
No review available.
08/14/05
Burns' fifth beer-soaked film feels in almost every possible way -- from the writing and direction to the soggy performances -- tossed off.
10/14/02
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04/09/04
Despite the authenticity of the trappings, the film is overblown in its plotting, hackneyed in its dialogue and anachronistic in its style.
10/09/02
No review available.
10/07/05
There ought to be a directing license, so that Ed Burns can have his revoked.
10/10/02
For all its brooding quality, Ash Wednesday is suspenseful and ultimately unpredictable, with a sterling ensemble cast.
10/10/02
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05/19/04
An ambitious, guilt-suffused melodrama crippled by poor casting.
10/11/02
Top CriticThis time Mr. Burns is trying something in the Martin Scorsese street-realist mode, but his self-regarding sentimentality trips him up again.
10/10/02
Top Critic...unlike [Scorsese's Mean Streets], Ash Wednesday is essentially devoid of interesting characters or even a halfway intriguing plot.
03/30/03
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10/19/07
This may be Burns's strongest film since The Brothers McMullen.
10/10/02
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