Wannabes
Release Date: January 25, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
25
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
1
Negative:
4
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50
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
DeMeo is not without talent; he just needs better material. Read full review
38
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
A warmed-over ripoff, rather than the gritty urban drama it so desperately wants to be.
25
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
The plot is predictable, the characters are cliches, and all the actors look and sound like refugees from a movie Martin Scorsese would have made vastly better three decades ago. Read full review
25
New York PostJonathan Foreman
Isn't really a movie: It's a grab bag of mobster clichés lifted without finesse from "A Bronx Tale," "GoodFellas" and at least a score of lesser Mafia flicks. Read full review
20
The New York TimesStephen Holden
Doesn't really know how to end. But if its melodramatic final moments are ludicrous, they don't seriously dilute the acidity of the sour little swatch of urban sociology that has come before. Read full review
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