American Gangster (2007)

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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May 20, 2008

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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May 1, 2008

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

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Mar 4, 2008

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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Feb 28, 2008

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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Feb 19, 2008

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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Feb 12, 2008

Scott's not interested in fireworks but small implosions of the soul and ego.

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Feb 3, 2008

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

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Jan 25, 2008

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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Jan 20, 2008