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The Devil's Own (1997)

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Average Rating: 5.3/10
Reviews Counted: 34
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Average Rating: 6.3/10
Critic Reviews: 7
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A policeman plays Good Samaritan to a visitor from Ireland, only to discover that he has a potentially deadly secret. Belfast-born Frankie McGuire (Brad Pitt) saw his father gunned down by enemy soldiers at the age of eight, and when he grew up he joined the Irish Republican Army, determined that one day his father's death would be avenged. An especially ruthless "volunteer," Frankie is responsible for the death of 13 British soldiers and 11 policemen. After a particularly bloody battle, Frankie

R, 1 hr. 51 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense

Directed By: Alan J. Pakula

Written By: David Cohen, Vincent Patrick, Kevin Jarre

In Theaters: Mar 26, 1997 Wide

On DVD: Feb 24, 1998

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

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Cast

Harrison Ford
Tom O'Meara
Brad Pitt
Frankie McGuire
Margaret Colin
Sheila O'Meara
Ruben Blades
Edwin Diaz
Treat Williams
Billy Burke
George Hearn
Peter Fitzsimmons
Mitchell Ryan
Chief Jim Kelly
Natascha McElhone
Megan Doherty
Debbon Ayer
tour guide
Martin Dunne
Frankie's father
Baxter Harris
customs agent
Simon Jones
Harry Sloan
Brendan Kelly
Teddy
Damien Leake
Art Fisher (FBI)
Malachy McCourt
bishop
David O'Hara
Martin MacDuff
Jonathan Peck
Jerry
Patrick Reynolds
Irish musicians
Gregory Salata
Tony
Greg Stebner
uniformed cop
David Wilmot
Dessie
William Paulson
detective
Bill Hoag
trucker
Kevin Nagle
thug
Peggy Shay
Aunt Birdie
Victor Slezak
Evan Stanley (FBI)
Gabrielle Reidy
Frankie's mother
Hassan Johnson
teenager
Paul Ronan
Sean Phelan
Anthony Brophy
Gerard
Julia Stiles
Bridget O'Meara
Scott Nicholson
rookie cop
Ashley Carin
Morgan O'Meara
Rob McElhenney
Kevin
Joseph Dandry
Joey the bartender
Mya Michaels
Hispanic woman
Shane Dunne
young Frankie
Samantha Conroy
Frankie's sister
Six to Ramos
Hispanic man
Jessica Marie Kavanagh
Hispanic girl
Jack McKillop
Jack Fitzsimmons
Mac Orange
the maid
Marian Tomas Griffin
cousin Eileen
Danielle McGovern
Brooke
Ciaran O'Reilly
Father Canlon
Donald J. Meade
Irish musicians
Peter Rufli
Irish musicians
Mario Polit
young Dominican
Chance Kelly
masked burglar

Critic Reviews for The Devil's Own

All Critics (53) | Top Critics (15) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (25) | DVD (7)

Though Hour 2's heavy emphasis on physical and emotional confrontations stimulates dramatic momentum, this respectable superstar meeting is finally, of all things, ordinary.

January 1, 2000 Comment

Mike Clark

USA Today

Top Critic

Presents itself as being about Something Important, whereas in fact it is really about nothing very much at all.

January 26, 2010 Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy

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Tim Brayton

Antagony & Ecstasy

Finally just another schoolmarmish prestige piece touting America's moral superiority

July 16, 2008 Full Review Source: Film Freak Central

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Bill Chambers

Film Freak Central

A disappointing entry in the IRA thriller sub-genre. Ford and Pitt try their best, but Pitt was miscast and both were betrayed by a mediocre scrpt.

April 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis

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James Plath

Movie Metropolis

What's left is a lot of moral grappling, not all of which has one iota of relevance to the plot.

July 30, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Rob Gonsalves

eFilmCritic.com

A cobbled-together mess of conflicting tones.

September 18, 2005 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com

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Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

The line 'This is not an American story, it's an Irish one' means nothing ... it is a story as American as McNuggets -- all extra-crispy coating and no real meat underneath.

December 6, 2004 Comment

Jeffrey Overstreet

Looking Closer

Messy, but still strangely appealing

April 27, 2003 Comment

Clint Morris

Moviehole

Unjustly dismissed and really quite watchable, despite Brad Pitt's silly Irish accent.

January 16, 2003 Comment

Rob Vaux

Flipside Movie Emporium

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They came from different worlds. They fought for different causes.

December 13, 2009

Wahida K

Super Reviewer

This film is as good as Brad Pitt?s Irish accent (although he mastered it in Snatch).

September 25, 2009

Anthony Lawrie

Super Reviewer

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