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Friends of Eddie Coyle, The (1973) Rank 4 Reviews
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Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Someone remarks of Eddie, about halfway through "The Friends of Eddie Coyle," that for a two-bit hood, he has fingers in a lot of pies. Too many, as it turns out. Without ever rising to the top, Eddie has been employed in organized crime for most of his l ...read the complete Friends of Eddie Coyle movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
"A bleak look at how the Boston underworld operates." ...read the complete Friends of Eddie Coyle movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
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by Torval Mork on November 25, 2009
It is surprising that it has taken this long for The Friends of Eddie Coyle to make it's way to DVD, but the wait was worth it, given that the Criterion Collection has now put its mark on one of the hidden gems of '70's genre films. Eddie "Finger's" ...
by Martin R. Smith "... on October 21, 2009
Mitchum, one of Hollywood's most underappreciated actors, knocks one out of the ballpark in this film. The only reason I can see that he wasn't nominated for an Oscar was because Mitchum was too rough for the delicate sensibilities of the industry ...
by C. O. DeRiemer on October 18, 2009
"Eddie doesn't rob banks...He's about this high in the bunch but he gets around more than any man I've ever seen," says Dave Foley (Richard Jordan), a baby-faced Boston cop about as amoral as the wiseguys he hunts. Eddie Coyle (Robert Mitchum) is a worn ...
by Birdman on October 14, 2009
Mitchum has the Boston accent down in this unbelievably tense, mythic story of a small-time con who tries to turn his life around. The accent is one of the most difficult to master. It takes an actor who appreciates the nuance of pure gesture, an eye ...
by M. Walsh on August 09, 2009
My fondness for this film owes something to the fact that I witnessed some of the filming of "Eddie Coyle" in 1973 at Dorchester's Boston Bowl when I was 13. For 3 1/2 hours, I was mesmerized by Mitchum as he filmed a scene inside the bowling alley. This ...
by R. C Sheehy "dead... on August 02, 2009
The Friends of Eddie Coyle is the last of a dying breed. The type of crime drama where the criminals where real people and while to some degree we may sympathize with them, they are hardly heroic with what they do. Robert Mitchum does give an amazing ...
by Mark Randall on July 10, 2009
This is a great movie! It's not your standard gangster or heist movie. It's more of a character driven story about a man faced with some tough decisions to make. Coyle, as played by Mitchum in what is one of his finest performances of his career, must ...
by Slynker on July 07, 2009
Very happy that movie has been re-released. It arrived in a timely fashion & is a great ...
by Film Geezer "Russ... on June 23, 2009
The Friends of Eddie CoyleYou won't see Mitchum stirring up pots of spaghetti or cavorting with blondes in this movie. What you will see is our antihero wheeeling a grocery cart, or kissing his wife passionately in the laundry room. But there's always ...
by Bernadette Colley... on June 22, 2009
Seventies' American film at its most bleak and brilliant, Mitchum turns in a performance that is a career high. This film includes a fantastic ensemble cast in what scans like a gritty realistic portrayal of the Boston criminal hierarchy. A classic. ...
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