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  • Jul 7, 2007
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  • Jul 7, 2007
The Bronx Is Burning

Summary A limited run series about the Yankees' 1977 World Series attempt, based on the book "Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bronx is Burning" by Jonathan Mahler. Premiering in 2007, the production is being offered on ESPN, with episodes directed by TV veteran Jeremiah Chechnik, and a cast that includes John Turturro, Oliver Platt, Max Casella, C...

  • ESPN
  • Jul 7, 2007
  • ESPN
  • Jul 7, 2007
The Bronx Is Burning
Season 1
Season Premiere: Jul 7, 2007
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
65
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Summary A limited run series about the Yankees' 1977 World Series attempt, based on the book "Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bronx is Burning" by Jonathan Mahler. Premiering in 2007, the production is being offered on ESPN, with episodes directed by TV veteran Jeremiah Chechnik, and a cast that includes John Turturro, Oliver Platt, Max Casella, C...

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Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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60% Positive
9 Reviews
33% Mixed
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7% Negative
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Everyone is spectacular, even the secondary players like Leonard Armond Robinson as Mickey Rivers, who steals more scenes than bases, and Erik Jensen, who so underplays Munson that he's mesmerizing - and, most especially, Michael Rispoli, who plays Jimmy Breslin - or should I say becomes Breslin? Don't miss it. Just great.
By Linda Stasi FULL REVIEW
80
As well as New Yorkers know these three characters, it's amazing how quickly the real faces fade and the three actors here become their own "strong-willed people."
By Diane Werts FULL REVIEW
75
The most compelling storytelling usually involves the combative relationship between Steinbrenner and Martin.
By Mike Duffy FULL REVIEW
70
The Bronx Is Burning succeeds because of the mutually-assured-destruction brand of combustibility among its lead characters - there is something of “Barbarians at the Gate” in the gleeful madness of the Yankees plot - and because of the incidents that the writers and director choose to recreate.
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You don't have to be a New Yorker to enjoy ESPN's eight-part miniseries, The Bronx is Burning, although it might help.
By Nancy DeWolf Smith FULL REVIEW
50
ESPN's eight-episode mini-series plays remarkably flat despite a sharp portrayal by John Turturro as the eye at the center of the storm.
By Phil Gallo FULL REVIEW
30
The adaptation of Mahler's book deals with this material in a fashion not so much dumbed-down as lobotomized.
By Troy Patterson FULL REVIEW

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