State of Grace
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Movie Reviews of State of Grace
Movie Review: One of the Best Films You've Never Heard Of...
Summary: 5 Stars
State of Grace's strength is in it's cast. Just look at these names: Gary Oldman, Sean Penn, Ed Harris, and Robin Wright. You'd expect a great film from this ensemble cast and that's exactly what you get. The story itself is great: two best friends since childhood, one stays in Hell's Kitchen(Oldman) and works for his Irish mob boss brother(Ed Harris); the other (Penn) becomes an undercover police officer. Years pass and now the only person the cops can send in to bring down these gangsters is Penn. Whoa! But the director pulls it off with flying colors. Penn's character Terry agonizes over having to bring down his childhood friend Jackie (Oldman) but eventually agrees to go in deep undercover to bust his brother Irish mob boss Frankie (Harris). Terry finds himself back in his old neighborhood and as comfortable as ever with his long lost pal Jackie. Terry walks the razors edge of being the law and breaking the law to get his job done. But, in the end Terry knows that this isn't a matter of law and order but a matter of right and wrong in it's purest sense. The ending of State of Grace ranks up among the most electrifying endings in the past 20 years and leaves you with only one word...wow. Highly Recommended.Movie Review: An Irish "Novel" of friendship and betrayel
Summary: 5 Stars
I watched this movie about ten times and think it's one of the most underrated movies around. Coming along with a great cast like Sean Penn, Gary Oldman, Ed Harris and Robin Penn Wright, this movie caught me again and again from the first second to the last.Set in Hell's Kitchen New York the movie let's you breathe in the Irish athmosphere and tells a bloodthirsty story of friendship & betrayel. Sean Penn plays Terry Noonan, an undercover policeman who was infiltrated in an Irish gang lead by the Flannery brothers ( fantastic play by Gary Oldman and Ed Harris ). The film reflects very good Noonan's split emotions beeing a cop investigating against his former friends and the growing love to the sister of the Flannery brothers ( above average play of Robin Penn Wright ).
The film combines a good story, great actors, silent and short eruptions of violence and maybe one of the most impressive shoot out final ever ! Fantastic camera work!
If you like films like "Good Fellas" and "Reservoir Dogs" you should not miss this one. If you hide yourself behind a pillow when violence comes into play, leave it.
Movie Review: The duty against the friendship!
Summary: 5 Stars
Three visions ; three gazes , three generations , three points of view . The Yuppie Generation who live in The Kitchen's hell ; a police and a mobster .
The cop -Sean Penn is sent to New York and will meet again with his childhood friends but the life has invited them to complete the circle of the life .
A stunning film where the job , the feelings , the duty , the betray , the honour and the merciless violence intersect searing the screen. Full blooded film but filmed with superb good taste .
Arresting angle shots where you remember some bits of The Citizen Kane , superb illumination , and solid script make of this one of the three best mob films in 1990 - with Goodfellas and Crossing Miller .
The cast is fine but Gary Oldman shines with the light of a Supernova in this case . His role is the most complex to follow due the multiple spirit states demanded .
Phil Joanou is a gifted director who should be kept in mind for next releases .
Movie Review: State of Grace
Summary: 5 Stars
Terry Noonan returns home to New York's Hells Kitchen after a ten year absence. He soon hooks up with childhood pal Jackie who is involved in the Irish mob run by his brother Frankie. Terry also rekindles an old flame with Jackie's sister Kathleen. Soon, however, Terry is torn between his loyalty to his friends and his loyalties to others. "State of Grace" has all the violence, foul language and hot-headed characters that are part and parcel of this sort of movie, but at its core is a very well worked plot, bolstered by some great characterisation. The characters are the main focus point in this movie, and it's through their motivations that the plot is allowed to move. A movie that puts so much focus on its characters needs a strong cast in order to work, and this movie certainly has that. Sean Penn is marvelous. The music and atmosphere combine with the shockingly realistic violence to ensure that the movie is always gritty and unrelenting. "State of Grace" comes with high recommendations.
Movie Review: 'State of Grace' picks up where 'The Godfather' left off...
Summary: 5 Stars
If "The Godfather had one flaw, it was the odd stoicism that permeated some of the scenes, the slow moments in between major events. "State of Grace" fixes those few things that may have made "The Godfather" a slightly imperfect film, and delivers a phenomenal gangster film with passion and honesty that are frighteningly real.
The entire cast is brilliant, aided by a magnificent script and artistic editing and framing. Gary Oldman stands out above the rest, transforming his character from volatile to charming to sympathetic with talent and an ugly honesty that makes for a captivating performance (or is he performing at all? is he just *being*? I can't find the seams in Oldman's work that separate him from the characters he portrays). I couldn't see a bad actor in the bunch, though, and Robin Wright is absolutely magnificent as the conflicted Kathleen, the sister of Jackie (Oldman) and Freddie (Ed Harris).
This is an absolutely wonderful film; it's well worth your time.