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- 1990
- R
- Orion Pictures
- 2 h 14 m
- 1990
- R
- Orion Pictures
- 2 h 14 m
Summary A New York cop is recruited to return to his hometown and infiltrate the mob ran by his best friend's brother.
Directed By: Phil Joanou
Written By: Dennis McIntyre
- 1990
- R
- Orion Pictures
- 2 h 14 m
- 1990
- R
- Orion Pictures
- 2 h 14 m
State of Grace
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7.5
Where to Watch
Summary A New York cop is recruited to return to his hometown and infiltrate the mob ran by his best friend's brother.
Directed By: Phil Joanou
Written By: Dennis McIntyre
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
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53% Positive
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
47% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
60
53% Positive
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
47% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Joanou has an intricate, beautifully built script to work from (David Rabe did a lot of uncredited rewriting) and he unfolds his charged story of violence, fratricide, and betrayal with masterly assurance. [17 Sep 1990, p.54]
Numerous fine performances carry the film, with Oldman's Jackie as the standout. [21 Sep 1990, p.24]
With coolly expressive cinematography by Jordan Cronenweth and an insinuating Ennio Morricone score, State of Grace has a somber and chilling tone that is only occasionally breached.
The movie is marred by overkill, especially in the brutal and bloated allegorical ending, which feels lifted, clumsily, from The Godfather. State of Grace is most powerful and gripping when it stays true to the emotions of its characters.
Things you will not find in State Of Grace: a script that makes a modicum of psychological sense; a performance that isn't either desperately overwrought or numbly underplayed; and anything resembling grace. [18 Sep 1990]
State of Grace is a high-powered, luxuriantly textured Irish gang movie that you keep watching, convinced that at any moment it's going to come together and really grab you. It doesn't. [05 Oct 1990, p.45p]
Unfortunately, what director Joanou makes of all these promising elements is thudding pretentiousness.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 59 User Ratings
7.5
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8% Mixed
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17% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 59 User Ratings
7.5
75% Positive
44 Ratings
44 Ratings
8% Mixed
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
17% Negative
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
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