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Gangs of New York (2002)
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This motion picture event from acclaimed director Martin Scorsese earned 10 Academy Award(R) nominations including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor, along with 5 Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Song! Leonardo DiCaprio (TITANIC), Cameron Diaz (CHARLIE'S ANGELS), and Daniel Day-Lewis (THE BOXER) star in this epic tale of vengeance and survival! As waves of immigrants swell the population of New York, lawlessness and corruption thrive in lower Manhattan's Five Points section. After years of incarceration, young Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon (DiCaprio)...
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Gangs of New York Movie Review by Seth C  (10/18/2006) |
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Director Martin Scorsese has stated that he has wanted to make this film for the past twenty-five years and after much publicized setbacks - studio arguments, a way over the budget production check and numurous release date push-backs, "Gangs of New York" was finally released in December of 2002. After witnessing the film...
(complete Gangs of New York review by Seth C)
It was nominated for practically everything in 2003: Best Picture; Best Actor in a Leading Role for Daniel Day-Lewis; Best Art Direction-Set Decoration; Best Cinematography; Best Costume Design; Best Director for Martin Scorsese; Best Editing; Best Music, Original Song for the song "The Hands That Built America"; Best...
(complete Gangs of New York review by Movie Addict)
Painfully bad movie about the history of New York full of terrible casting decisions (Cameron Diaz as Irish????), worse sets and a bad plot that render the whole thing wholly unbelievable and almost unwatchable.
Martin, what were you thinking?
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| Gangs of New York Movie Review by Jacob (2/3/2007) |
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This movie is undebatably my most favorate movie of all time. Many times I attempt to ponder what movie I could possibly like better but there is no contest; it always comes back to Gangs of New York. Don't really know what it is. Could be that it supplies everything I could possibly want and look for in my movies: Strong...
(complete Gangs of New York review by Jacob)
| Gangs of New York Movie Review by Ash (10/24/2006) |
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Review originally written 11/3/03
Gangs of New York is a film that is overcome by it's own ambitions. Scorcese definately has a way with actors and setting and getting you to feel like you really understand what it's like to be amidst the lives he is illustrating. However, this film is just too grand and Scorcese tries to...
(complete Gangs of New York review by Ash)
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