Saturday, July 23, 2005
Miller's Crossing
Gabriel Byrne stars as Tom Reagan in Joel and Ethan Coen's take on the '30s gangster film. Adviser to a Prohibition-era crime boss (Albert Finney), Tom gets caught in the literal and figurative crossfire when his loyalties are divided between warring mobs. Mix in an affair with the boss's dame (Marcia Gay Harden), several double-crosses and backstabs and the Coens' typical blackly funny dialogue, and you've got a bang-up (literally) movie.
The movie whose tagline goes "Up is down, black is white, and nothing is what it seems" has become sort of a cult favorite for some mobster genre fans. But i am opinionated and i rate movies on my blog according to my liking.This movie involves a gang war during the Prohibition era between the entrenched Irish mob and the growing Italian mob, with a sleazy bookie (who is homosexual and Jewish) caught in the middle.
The dialogue is poor and you may need an Irish interpreter to appreciate the rare good lines, as Gabriel Byrne lays the brogue on pretty thick. The screenplay is supposedly worthy of accolades but I found it to be another example of a film maker's vain attempt to define a genre for the viewer.
The sets poorly depict a 1930's setting and the odd splash of depression era vernaculars seems contrived. The "plot twists" that are supposed to set this film aside from it's peers are as predictable as they are unbelievable. If you want to see the Coen brothers at their best see The man who wasn't there. If you want to see an entertaining gangster flick with great acting, see Goodfellas.
Rating: 2/5
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