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We Own the Night

We Own The Night

2007

James Gray

Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, Robert Duvall, Eva Mendes ...

6.6

19,776

Thriller. Drama As the Russian mafia injects drugs into the vibrant late-1980s New York club scene, up-and-coming club manager Bobby Green (Joaquin Phoenix) must hide his family ties to law enforcement from everyone except his girlfriend Amanda (Eva Mendes): his brother Joseph (Mark Wahlberg) is a rising star in the NYPD; his father Burt (Robert Duvall) is the deputy chief of police. But for the Russians and their kingpin Vadim (Alex Veadov), there are ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Defiantly, refreshingly unhip (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		A. O. Scott The New York Times	"The problem with 'We Own the Night' is that it mistakes sentiment for profundity, and takes its ideas about character and fate more seriously than it takes its characters and their particular fates"
		Mick LaSalle SFGATE	"A robust, respectable cop movie that was just a few adjustments and maybe one full screenplay draft away from being something a lot more pointed and significant."
		Todd McCarthy Variety	"Pic recalls numerous good police dramas of the 1970s, but mostly in superficial ways that bring nothing new to the table"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"The movie has two superb scenes (...) Elsewhere, it is a little cumbersome with plenty of macho-sentimentalism, and the ending is frankly contrived (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"The film is made with confidence and energy and is well acted by the principals (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Kirk Honeycutt The Hollywood Reporter	"The problem is not that Gray is an especially bad filmmaker but rather that he is an unimaginative one."
		Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"Gray is a far better director than he is a writer. He’s got the talent to make great movies. He just needs to stop trying to"

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