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State of Grace

1990

Phil Joanou

Sean Penn, Robin Wright, Gary Oldman, Ed Harris ...

7.0

12,099

Thriller. Action Terry Noonan (Sean Penn) returns to New York's Hell's Kitchen after twelve years to find that his old neighborhood of seedy bars and Irish-American mobsters has been taken over by Yuppies hell-bent on gentrification. Terry's childhood buddies, ruthless gang leader Frankie Flannery (Ed Harris) and his psychotic brother Jackie (Gary Oldman), are determined to keep the neighborhood's tradition of organized -- and extremely violent -- crime ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Janet Maslin The New York Times	"Mr. Oldman gives an electrifying performance (...) With coolly expressive cinematography and an insinuating score, 'State of Grace' has a somber and chilling tone that is only occasionally breached. (...) Only in the film's jarringly weak and grandiose ending does Mr. Joanou's modishness truly get the best of him, however."
		Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"'State of Grace' is not quite sure which is worse - murder, or yuppies moving into the neighborhood. That's one of its charms (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Ian Nathan Empire	"State Of Grace never really adds up to much more than a watery Irish imitation of gutsier Italian-American models (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"State of Grace is most powerful and gripping when it stays true to the emotions of its characters."
		Mike Clark USA Today	"The ambitious State of Grace is full of imposing moments, several of them among the screen's most violent since the heyday of Sam Peckinpah"
		Variety Staff Variety	"State of Grace is a handsomely produced, mostly riveting, but ultimately overlong and overindulgent gangster picture"

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