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2000
R
Miramax
1 h 55 m

2000
R
Miramax
1 h 55 m

Summary A drama set in the vast New York City subway yards. After serving time in prison for taking the fall for a group of his friends, Leo Handler (Wahlberg) just wants to get his life back on track. So, Leo returns to the one place he thinks will be safe -- home. But in the yards, where his uncle (Caan) now pulls the strings, safe is not h...

Directed By: James Gray

Written By: Matt Reeves, James Gray

2000
R
Miramax
1 h 55 m

2000
R
Miramax
1 h 55 m

The Yards

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 31 Critic Reviews

58

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 43 User Ratings

8.0

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Summary A drama set in the vast New York City subway yards. After serving time in prison for taking the fall for a group of his friends, Leo Handler (Wahlberg) just wants to get his life back on track. So, Leo returns to the one place he thinks will be safe -- home. But in the yards, where his uncle (Caan) now pulls the strings, safe is not h...

Directed By: James Gray

Written By: Matt Reeves, James Gray

Where to Watch

Critic Reviews

Metascore

Mixed or Average Based on 31 Critic Reviews

61% Positive
19 Reviews

32% Mixed
10 Reviews

6% Negative
2 Reviews

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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Mixed or Average Based on 31 Critic Reviews

61% Positive
19 Reviews

32% Mixed
10 Reviews

6% Negative
2 Reviews

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Mixed Reviews
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San Francisco Examiner

Classic in feel and loaded with sumptuous performances.

By G. Allen Johnson FULL REVIEW

Chicago Sun-Times

It's that ambiguity that makes the film interesting.

By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW

User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 43 User Ratings

72% Positive
31 Ratings

26% Mixed
11 Ratings

2% Negative
1 Rating

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Mixed Reviews
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User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 43 User Ratings

72% Positive
31 Ratings

26% Mixed
11 Ratings

2% Negative
1 Rating

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Oct 11, 2015

Classic. The French are gaga for director Gray and Frenchies know a thing or 2 about film. Amazing cast and Caan particularly stands out. DP Harris Savides worked for the Coppolas and it shows. This is sort of Carravagio meets The Godfather. A sizable number of critics accused it of pretentiousness. Like a NY crime picture shouldn't aim too high, right? This one you need to see.

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Jan 30, 2022

I wasn't sure about giving it a six, but it did manage to convince me because I didn't find it disappointing. The Yards has an excellent main cast, but suffers greatly from a lack of transcendence due to its reluctance to focus on unnecessary characterizations that add nothing to what the film achieves in other sections, especially since here both the plot and its cast do get it right, and therefore manage to drive the story as best they can with what they are given. Although they don't get anything that becomes special or more attractive, and it's a shame because the film had elements with which it could have achieved it.

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TV Guide Magazine

Gray doesn't condescend to his outer-borough characters and elicits pitch-perfect performances from his ensemble cast.

By Maitland McDonagh FULL REVIEW

Caan is so good as a man who watches helplessly as everything he's worked for crumbles around him, that he steals the picture from both Wahlberg and Phoenix, the ostensible stars.

By Chris Kaltenbach FULL REVIEW

Dallas Observer

For Caan's shtick alone, The Yards is worthwhile, but we may also be witnessing the emergence, in Gray, of a young filmmaker who's just starting to find the range.

By Bill Gallo FULL REVIEW

San Francisco Chronicle

Keeps sinking into its own grimness.

By Bob Graham FULL REVIEW

So muted it disappears from your view even before it recedes from your memory.

By Richard Corliss FULL REVIEW

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Nov 27, 2021

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]

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Nov 7, 2021

The film itself is not bad, but after the good debut of little Odessa, Gray seems to get lost a bit here. The story of a teenager who comes out of prison intent on resuming a normal life but who is **** into the lap of delinquency is something that has already been seen several times. The acting is good but the movie isn't that interesting.

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CameraBounceGod

Dec 26, 2015

juaquine pheonix saying just stand there and watch it'll be alright says it all but who cares..i may finish it for the hell of it..................................

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Production Company Miramax, Industry Entertainment

Release Date Oct 20, 2000

Duration 1 h 55 m

Rating R

Genres

Tagline He's the target of the most merciless family in New York. His own.

Website http://www.miramax.com/movie/the-yards

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Awards

Critics Choice Awards

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

National Board of Review, USA

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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