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53 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 13 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 13
  3. Negative: 3 out of 13
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  1. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jack Mathews
    88
    Michael Corrente's Brooklyn Rules takes him to the mean streets of Gotti country, circa 1985, and it's another gem.
  2. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Mick LaSalle
    75
    An entertaining film that's true to its world.
  3. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Connie Ogle
    63
    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.
  4. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    63
    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.
  5. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: David Edelstein
    60
    Baldwin is so good in the coming-of-age gangster drama Brooklyn Rules that it's like watching a voodoo priest.
  6. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    58
    The boys-in-the-Italian-hood clichés were penned by "Sopranos" scribe Terence Winter, so they have snap, if not freshness.
  7. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Stephen Farber
    50
    The writing in Brooklyn seems even more generic. An excessive use of voice-over narration is a sure sign of a failure of dramatization.
  8. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Crust
    50
    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.
  9. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    50
    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.
  10. Variety
    Reviewed by: John Anderson
    50
    A sometimes funny, occasionally maudlin coming-of-age dramedy that wants to be "Goodfellas" but might have been called "Mild in the Streets."
  11. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    38
    The kind of movie that cries out for the fast-forward button.
  12. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Ty Burr
    38
    Too many cliches and not enough energy have come along for the ride.
  13. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Scott Foundas
    30
    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.
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  1. TomJ.
    9
    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.… Full Review »
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