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Miller's Crossing (1990) Rank 5 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Miller's Crossing (1990) a score of 3.3388 out of 4

based on (17) reviews

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Ted Prigge

"Miller's Crossing" is named after the place in the forest where the gangsters in this movie go to shoot some of their more pestful problems, and is the location for the big twist in the movie, where the protagonist makes a fatal decision because of a ...read the complete Miller's Crossing movie review at Ted Prigge

John Beachem

It took me awhile to realize what was troubling me throughout this beautiful movie. I think the problem is, as we listen to this gorgeous, poetic banter between the characters, it dawns on us that no one speaks like this. As a result of this, we never ...read the complete Miller's Crossing movie review at John Beachem

Reel.com

There's a mystery at the heart of Miller's Crossing - and it's even bigger than the perplexing question of who and why somebody took Rug Daniels' toupee after they bumped him and left his corpse slumped in an alley. ...read the complete Miller's Crossing movie review at Reel.com

Film Freak Central (Bill Chambers)

If Miller's Crossing isn't my favourite movie, I don't know what is. ...read the complete Miller's Crossing movie review at Film Freak Central (Bill Chambers)

At-A-Glance Film Reviews

Gangsters are the subject of this quirky Coen brothers film starring Gabriel Byrne, John Turturro, Jon Polito, and Albert Finney. As is custom with the Coens' surreal dramatic thrillers, there's a thin humorous undercurrent beneath the madness (an ...read the complete Miller's Crossing movie review at At-A-Glance Film Reviews

EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)

Loosley based on Hammett's novel and Chicago's Capone-O'Bannion gang war, the film is more impressive visually than thematically, though new angle of placing Irish, Italian, and Jewish gangsters in the same tale is intriguing. ...read the complete Miller's Crossing movie review at EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)

Movie Reviews UK

While Miller's Crossing is a standard gangster movie, it's filtering through the Coen brothers' synapses imbues it with their unique style. Set in somewhere around the 1920s, the nameless town featured is firmly under the criminal thumb of Leo (Albert ...read the complete Miller's Crossing movie review at Movie Reviews UK

filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)

The Coen brothers went all Clockwork Orangey in their most violent but least ironic picture, Miller's Crossing. It's a relatively run of the mill gangster thriller, though oddly the film has found an intensely loyal audience. (Many even consider it to be ...read the complete Miller's Crossing movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)

Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips, Jr.)

Despite its pedigree and its star-studded cast, the film is somehow underwhelming. It is consistently good, but I suppose I have come to expect more from the Coens. John Turturro is great as the weasel Bernie, and the rest of the cast does fine, ...read the complete Miller's Crossing movie review at Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips, Jr.)

DVD Clinic ("JoBlo")

Set in the 1930s underworld in which an Irish gangster runs the big city, right-hand man Tom Reagan is caught in the middle of a possible gang war when his boss Leo doesn't want to give up a two-bit swindler because he is "in love" with the loser's ...read the complete Miller's Crossing movie review at DVD Clinic ("JoBlo")

Empire Magazine (--)

There's plenty of snappy plotting and double-crossing around it, with bitter twists and well-delivered, wonderfully literate, hard-nosed dialogue. ...read the complete Miller's Crossing movie review at Empire Magazine (--)

Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

The room. I keep thinking about the room. The office from which Leo pulls the strings that control the city. Leo, played by Albert Finney, is a large, strong man in late middle age, ...read the complete Miller's Crossing movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)

The Coen brothers went all Clockwork Orangey in their most violent but least ironic picture, Miller's Crossing. It's a relatively run of the mill gangster thriller, though oddly the film has found an intensely loyal audience. (Many even consider it to ...read the complete Miller's Crossing movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)

PreViewed DVD

When I first got a DVD player (in 1998, I believe), the first DVD I looked for was Miller's Crossing. Unfortunately, it looked like Best Buy was out of stock, so I was bummed. Imagine how bummed I was when I found out that Best Buy wasn't out of stock - ...read the complete Miller's Crossing movie review at PreViewed DVD

Senses of Cinema (Paul Coughlin)

Miller's Crossing ...adapts elements from Red Harvest and then sets these ambient factors adrift in a narrative which echoes Hammett's The Glass Key but also digresses readily into original material. Yet, despite Heisler's film being more rigorously ...read the complete Miller's Crossing movie review at Senses of Cinema (Paul Coughlin)

Nick's Flick Picks (Nick Davis)

The film is a crossroads, more gratifying for the future directions it provided for its creators than for the pleasures it affords its audience. ...read the complete Miller's Crossing movie review at Nick's Flick Picks (Nick Davis)

Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

"Pays homage to the crime novels of Dashiell Hammett." ...read the complete Miller's Crossing movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

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