Reviews of Miller's Crossing
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Conner Rainwater
12Jun10
Gangster movies don’t come any finer than this and there are very few done so well about the Irish Mob. I cannot find one aspect of the film that I don’t completely love, everything is done to perfection. The Coen Brother’s amazing unique style comes in to play within a very believable and traditional crime epic. The story works so well in telling a story about one person as well as a collective. Gabriel Byrne really does an amazing job, not many people could make this character so grounded and natural. The attention to detail and setting is flawless, this should be put up in the ranks with The Godfather, Goodfellas and Scarface.
- Currently 5.0/5 Stars.
Sam Cooper
7Jun09
Let’s get one thing out of the way: the cinematography is amazing! What really stood out to me was the scene in the woods when Gabriel Byrne is about to off John Turturro’s character and he let’s him go. The camera dollies and follows Turturro as he begins to run off. This may just be me, but I love scenes in woods where the camera swoops around and there are all these trees in the front/background with a character running through them. It just seems so intricate.
All that aside this was a solid film. It took me a little bit to fully get into it and figure out who was who. The scene where Leo jumps out of the window and shoots up the gangster with a tommy gun for about 30 seconds makes me think of that scene in Robocop where one of the businessmen gets shot up in the office by the prototype. The ending is a blast too. A great blend of 1920’s gangsterism mixed with a brooding film-noir style that just oozes flavor.
- Currently 4.0/5 Stars.