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Metascore
45 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 29 Critics What's this?

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7.2 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 28 Ratings

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  • Starring: Colin Farrell, Edward Norton, Noah Emmerich
  • Summary: Pride and Glory is an authentic, gritty, and emotional portrait of the New York City Police Department. The film follows a multi-generational police family whose moral code is tested when one of two sons on the force investigates an incendiary case involving his older brother and brother-in-law. The case forces the family to choose between their loyalties to one another and their loyalties to the department. (New Line Cinema)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 29
  3. Negative: 7 out of 29
  1. Baltimore Sun
    Reviewed by: Michael Sragow
    88
    It overflows with a combustible blend of street sensitivity and testosterone.
  2. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Mary Elizabeth Williams
    60
    What makes the characters in Pride and Glory real -- and raises the movie above the standard corrupt-cop fare -- is their capacity to live and die in shades of gray.
  3. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Kyle Smith
    38
    Edward Norton plays Ray, a (possibly) honest cop wearing an unexplained scar positioned just so on his cheek. It looks like it was bought in the markdown aisle of Halloween Mart on Nov. 1.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 15
  3. Negative: 1 out of 15
  1. R.Lopez
    10
    After decades of macho dramas, The Shield, and other ''gritty'' TV police shows, cop movies today rarely have the understated oomph that guys like Sidney Lumet brought to them in the '70s and '80s. But Pride and Glory is an old-style exception, a very well acted and emotionally gripping corrupt-cop family drama that feels like the kind of serious, slow-burn NYPD movie nobody makes anymore. Edward Norton is in top form as Ray, a burned-out detective whose investigation into the deaths of four cops leads him to suspect his brother-in-law, Officer Jimmy Egan (Colin Farrell, also terrific). The climactic bar brawl and street beating unfortunately feel too stock, but otherwise co-writer/ director Gavin O'Connor puts a new shine on familiar material. I very highly recommended this film.… Expand
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  2. JohnH
    5
    I didn't like this movie. Edward Norton's performance was good but I found the movie to move too slowly.
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  3. BobG.
    3
    Wow, this movie was bad - any episode of the wire - even without any backstory, is better than this !! The first 10 min is back to back swearing, seemingly to make up for zero action ( in fact the whole film fails in that regard ). The plot is thin and contrived. The acting and direction are "OK". It doesn't have an ending. This is so far away from the Departed I wish it had never ... "arrived". If you thought that was bad; watch this.… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes

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