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Brooklyn Rules
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Mixed or average reviews
Based on 13 critic reviews
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Based on 2 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Drama
Written by: Terence Winter
Directed by: Michael Corrente
Release Date:
Theatrical: May 18, 2007
Running Time: 99 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: R for violence, pervasive language and some sexual content
Starring Alec Baldwin, Freddie Prinze Jr., Scott Caan, Mena Suvari, Jerry Ferrara, Monica Keena, and Robert Turano
The tale of three life long friends struggling with relationships, responsibility and loyalty on the mean streets of 1980's-era Brooklyn. (City Light Pictures)
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
New York Daily News Jack Mathews
Michael Corrente's Brooklyn Rules takes him to the mean streets of Gotti country, circa 1985, and it's another gem.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle
An entertaining film that's true to its world.
Read Full Review >Miami Herald Connie Ogle
It's not quite layered or weighty enough to fill the aching hole left in our psyches by the end of "The Sopranos," and most of the developments are as obvious as sauce on spaghetti. Still, Brooklyn Rules is a decent, if derivative, movie.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
Baldwin dominates the screen with his slick, beefy swagger, and if Prinze is less than convincing as a kid from Brooklyn, Caan and Ferrara nail Carmine and Bobby with such assured economy that it hardly matters they're one-note roles.
Read Full Review >New York Magazine David Edelstein
Baldwin is so good in the coming-of-age gangster drama Brooklyn Rules that it's like watching a voodoo priest.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
The boys-in-the-Italian-hood clichés were penned by "Sopranos" scribe Terence Winter, so they have snap, if not freshness.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kevin Crust
Not as bad as Bobby's mother's lasagna, neither is Brooklyn Rules anywhere near the best you've ever had, though at times, it may remind you of it.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Stephen Holden
However authentic and heartfelt this film's depiction of life on the meaner streets of the Northeast corridor may be, it doesn't begin to match "The Sopranos'" epic vision of violence, class struggle and upward mobility in a barbarous culture.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Stephen Farber
The writing in Brooklyn seems even more generic. An excessive use of voice-over narration is a sure sign of a failure of dramatization.
Read Full Review >Variety John Anderson
A sometimes funny, occasionally maudlin coming-of-age dramedy that wants to be "Goodfellas" but might have been called "Mild in the Streets."
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Ty Burr
Too many cliches and not enough energy have come along for the ride.
Read Full Review >New York Post Lou Lumenick
The kind of movie that cries out for the fast-forward button.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Scott Foundas
As a longtime writer on "The Sopranos," Terence Winter has steered clear of most of the hoary organized-crime clichés. Instead, he's poured them all into director Michael Corrente's anemic urban drama.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 5.0 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Tom J. gave it a9:
Excellent, gritty film about 3 child friends torn apart by life issues, maturity, and moral concioussness. producer corrente does an excellent job getting the best out of young actors on their way up.
