Brooklyn Rules
City Lights Pictures | Release Date: May 18, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
53
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
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4
Mixed:
6
Negative:
3
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
Michael Corrente's Brooklyn Rules takes him to the mean streets of Gotti country, circa 1985, and it's another gem. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
An entertaining film that's true to its world. Read full review
63
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Baldwin dominates the screen with his slick, beefy swagger, and if Prinze is less than convincing as a kid from Brooklyn, Caan and Ferrara nail Carmine and Bobby with such assured economy that it hardly matters they're one-note roles. Read full review
63
Miami HeraldConnie Ogle
It's not quite layered or weighty enough to fill the aching hole left in our psyches by the end of "The Sopranos," and most of the developments are as obvious as sauce on spaghetti. Still, Brooklyn Rules is a decent, if derivative, movie. Read full review
60
New York Magazine (Vulture)David Edelstein
Baldwin is so good in the coming-of-age gangster drama Brooklyn Rules that it's like watching a voodoo priest. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
The boys-in-the-Italian-hood clichés were penned by "Sopranos" scribe Terence Winter, so they have snap, if not freshness. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesKevin Crust
Not as bad as Bobby's mother's lasagna, neither is Brooklyn Rules anywhere near the best you've ever had, though at times, it may remind you of it. Read full review
50
The New York TimesStephen Holden
However authentic and heartfelt this film's depiction of life on the meaner streets of the Northeast corridor may be, it doesn't begin to match "The Sopranos'" epic vision of violence, class struggle and upward mobility in a barbarous culture. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterStephen Farber
The writing in Brooklyn seems even more generic. An excessive use of voice-over narration is a sure sign of a failure of dramatization. Read full review
50
VarietyJohn Anderson
A sometimes funny, occasionally maudlin coming-of-age dramedy that wants to be "Goodfellas" but might have been called "Mild in the Streets." Read full review
38
New York PostLou Lumenick
The kind of movie that cries out for the fast-forward button. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeTy Burr
Too many cliches and not enough energy have come along for the ride. Read full review
30
Village VoiceScott Foundas
As a longtime writer on "The Sopranos," Terence Winter has steered clear of most of the hoary organized-crime clichés. Instead, he's poured them all into director Michael Corrente's anemic urban drama. Read full review
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