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Carlito's Way (1993) Rank 2 Reviews
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DVDBeaver.com (Gary W. Tooze)
Al Pacino, in first collaboration with director Brian De Palma since Scarface, plays a Puerto Rican, Carlito Brigante, an ex-con who, within the time-honored code of nobility, and tries to go straight. His character's grace and dignity help carry the ...read the complete Carlito's Way movie review at DVDBeaver.com (Gary W. Tooze)
Netflix (James Rocchi)
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25frames.org (Christoph Huber)
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
The first scene of Carlito's Way is in black-and-white, and features a close-up of a bearded Al Pacino as someone puts three bullets into him. He slides to the ground, and, as the stretcher arrives to wheel him away for medical care, he begins a mental mo ...read the complete Carlito's Way movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Steve Rhodes
The director was Brian De Palma. He is a director who is willing to take risks and his work product shows it. He has directed some of the best (THE AGE OF INNOCENCE, UNTOUCHABLES, BODY DOUBLE, SCARFACE, and WISE GUYS) and some of the worse (RAISING CAIN ...read the complete Carlito's Way movie review at Steve Rhodes
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Carlito's Way probably should have been a taut thriller, but choices by DePalma in both presentation and editing have hamstrung it. Expectations for the film were high, so there's likely to be a fair amount of disappointment surrounding its ...read the complete Carlito's Way movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
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by Jacques COULARDEA... on September 28, 2009
A gangster in New York gets thirty years in prison. But his lawyer manages to have that reduced to five years. He is truly trying to remain clean and to make some rather honest money in a club, though he gets the necessary investment from a bad deal that ...
by One-Line Film Rev... on July 31, 2009
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by M. S. Skidmore on February 02, 2009
Director Brian DePalma returns with this 1993 adaptation of the novel 'After Hours' by judge and author Edwin Torres. Here DePalma alternates his filmic style more to the side of 'Mission Impossible' and 'The Untouchables' rather than his usual Hitchcock ...
by dominion_ruler "B... on September 02, 2008
We see Carlito's traumatic fate at the very beginning of the film, but how does one who so ambitiously wants to leave the former gangster life in the past and move on with himself still manage to end up here. This is the tale, and what a story it is. ...
by T. Bibbs on March 31, 2008
This movie is one of the greatest crime dramas ever. Al Pacino is excellent along with Sean Penn who is a phenomenal actor. I highly recommend this movie. ...
by Imran Zaidi on February 23, 2008
Brian DePalma does not fool around. Neither does Al Pacino. If you've never seen this film, purchase it knowing you will love it. Sean Penn is spectacular in it. While he'd shown his skills in many roles prior to this, I would say this film is the one ...
by Jonathan Acevedo ... on January 26, 2008
One of Al Pacino's and Sean Penn's best roles. Very well presented, compelling story. I will not spoil any of it but just know this movie is excellent. My friends didnt even believe me that it was Sean Penn playing the role of David Kleinfled, Carlito's ...
by Andre Heeger on December 02, 2007
Who doesn't know this story about a gangster trying to find his way back into the straight life? Sadly, he doesn't make it. Too many old connections. ...
by John Farr "The Be... on July 11, 2007
Set in the swinging disco era, De Palma's moody, absorbing study of an ex-con trying to stay on the straight and narrow offers just the right mix of noirish urban atmosphere and cathartic mob drama. Perfecting yet another Hispanic accent, Pacino is ...
by Andrew Claps "Bab... on March 28, 2007
A longtime fan of Al Pacino, I ...
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