• Starring: Frances McDormand, James Franco, Robert De Niro
  • Summary: The gripping story of a dedicated police officer who discovers that the chief suspect in his current murder investigation is his own son. (Warner Bros.)
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 34
  2. Negative: 3 out of 34
  1. 80
    For the first time in years, De Niro digs deep emotionally, perhaps because he's been stirred by the powerful work of his co-stars, including a subtle Frances McDormand and a ferocious Patti LuPone, as well as the heartbreaking (and achingly beautiful) Franco.
  2. Reviewed by: Collin Levey
    60
    Notwithstanding a thin script and a color-by-numbers ending, the movie is redeemed by its solid performances.
  3. The role plays all too easily into De Niro's worst current habits. He's dulled himself out in the service of a phony kitchen-sink pseudo-realism. For De Niro, less has become less.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 14
  2. Negative: 2 out of 14
  1. JohnN.
    9
    I thought this was a beautifully constructed movie; a gripping story, great casting and understandably strong performances. Notably, I welcomed the minimal use of music to tell me how I should feel; the script and performances were largely left to stand on their strengths. It's a mystery to me that this movie had such poor reviews, although perhaps it suited the DVD medium on which we viewed it. Highly recommended. Expand
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