The Last Rites of Joe May
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  • Summary: Small-time Chicago hustler Joe May always felt like a great destiny awaited him, but with his health ailing and his age advancing, he’s never looked more like a bum. Broke and evicted, he’s taken in by a troubled young mother and daughter, in whom he finds one last shot to be a hero. Pulsingsing with the spirit of classic urban dramas, The Last Rites of Joe May is a subtle, sophisticated tale of redemption. (Tribeca Film)… Expand

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  1. Positive: 9 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 13
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  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    Nov 22, 2011
    88
    The film, written and directed by Joe Maggio, only has this handful of characters and looks at them carefully. The dialogue is right, the conflicts are simple and sincere, the hopes are touching.
  2. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: John Anderson
    Nov 3, 2011
    80
    The truth is, Mr. Farina would be considered Oscar material if "Joe May" were a bigger film. As it is, he'll have to settle for being great.
  3. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    Nov 4, 2011
    75
    Veteran character actor Dennis Farina gives one of the best performances of the year in a rare lead part as an aging, down-on-his luck small-time hood in The Last Rites of Joe May.
  4. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Nick Pinkerton
    Nov 1, 2011
    60
    Farina is un-self-conscious and true enough to alchemize cliché.

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