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10th & Wolf
ThinkFilm

10th & Wolf reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 36 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
6.5 out of 10
based on 10 reviews
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MPAA RATING: R for strong brutal violence, pervasive language, some drug content and sexuality/nudity

Starring James Marsden, Giovanni Ribisi, Brad Renfro, Piper Perabo, Dennis Hopper, Lesley Ann Warren, Tommy Lee, Brian Dennehy, and Val Kilmer

A Philadelphia mob war is the backdrop of 10th and Wolf, a mythic story that tests the boundaries of loyalty versus betrayal, good versus evil, innocence versus corruption. (ThinkFilm)


GENRE(S): Crime  |  Drama  
WRITTEN BY: Robert Moresco
Allan Steele
 
DIRECTED BY: Robert Moresco  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: September 19, 2006 
Theatrical: August 18, 2006 
RUNNING TIME: 110 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: USA 

What The Critics Said

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63
TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
The narrative is cluttered with backstory, and the endless digressions overwhelm the efforts of a generally strong cast.
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50
New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
At this late date, filmmakers who draw inspiration from the Mafia had better have a whole new angle to offer. Otherwise, they'll end up with a movie like 10th & Wolf.
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50
Variety Ronnie Scheib
A lackluster actioner.
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50
The New York Times Stephen Holden
The characters never transcend the clichés embedded in the culture since "The Godfather."
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50
The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck
A routine mob thriller.
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42
The Onion (A.V. Club) Noel Murray
It isn't exactly a waste of time, but anyone who's seen a mob movie or TV show in the past 30 years has pretty much seen 10th & Wolf.
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38
New York Post Lou Lumenick
Solid cast notwithstanding, 10th and Wolf is a generic, direct-to-video-grade gangster movie.
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38
Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea
"The Godfather" without Brando, "GoodFellas" without Scorsese, "The Sopranos" without Gandolfini - 10th & Wolf is all that, and less.
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33
Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
At least Ribisi's fake-cojones histrionics are fun. The rest of this "Donnie Brasco" knockoff, with James Marsden as a Gulf War veteran who goes undercover, is a turgid, ketchup-spattered dud.
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10
Village Voice Michael Atkinson
A hellish and unconvincing celebration of badda-bing-ness.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 6.5 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Ralph E. gave it a5:
Not awful, but not terrific, either. The material was cluttered with too many subplots, so the main story ended up being rather thin. There are a lot of familiar mob movie clichés. Lots of poorly researched elements -- the meat butchers are straight out of 1930s in a 1990s movie. Some actors are badly miscast. But the film has some real high moments, too. As one of the reviewers said, however, there are so many excellent mob movies out there, so if you're going to do a mob movie, and it's sort of half-baked, your effort will seem all the less compelling.

David M. gave it an8:
The cast was the best thing that happened to this movie.

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