Gary Oldman,
Lena Olin,
Annabella Sciorra,
Juliette Lewis,
Roy Scheider
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New York cop Jack Grimaldi (Gary Oldman) has a nice home, a stunning wife Natalie (Annabella Sciorra), and a sweet, if stupid mistress, Sheri (Juliette Lewis). Jack also earns extra money by betraying... read more
DVD Release Date: March 19, 2002
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Flixster Reviews (342)
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November 18, 2009films like this give noir a bad name. oldman's voiceover is irritating, the script is all over the place and the final result is more sleazy than stylish. almost quit on it a couple times but it kept promising to get better...then went completely off the deep end. the only thi... read more
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November 19, 2006Not as good as I remember it was. But of course, Gary Oldman was incredible.
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March 25, 2011fb511192930Gary literally saves this movie from just being another crime and double-agent clusterfuck like so many noir films that tried too hard to be noir. Everyone has an angle and the jazz music ensues, I'll be damned if I don't like it though.
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May 27, 2008The film starts a little slow but it gets better as it goes. The story seems to miss some elements to really add the dark side of gangsterism. Gary Oldman is always on top of his game. But Lena Olin is the real deal. She is the modern version of femme fatale.
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March 3, 2008Very good film noir/thriller with Gary Oldman as a US cop who starts to get involved with gangsters after giving tip- offs on various gangland targets,in return for alot of cash.He seems to be enjoying this as it seems an easy way to make alot of money for what is a fairly easy j... read more
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December 20, 2010Nice to see a flick with a good creepy villainess character. Gary Oldman was great at usual. I really liked the entire tone and mood to the movie. For some reason the tone of it reminded me of Lost Highway.
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February 28, 2010Interesting twist of events and...Oh, let's bury the loot in the yard. Worth one look especially if you are bored and there is nothing else on..."
Critic Reviews
April 9, 2008
Todd McCarthy, Variety
April 9, 2008
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
It would be facile to say it substitutes style for content; actually, it substitutes stylishness for style. Full Review
April 9, 2008
David Hunter, Hollywood Reporter
Stylistic but ultimately unsatisfying.
May 20, 2003
Janet Maslin, New York Times
For all its promise, and for all the brittle beauty of Dariusz Wolski's cinematography, Romeo Is Bleeding eventually collapses under the weight of its violent affectations. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Joe Brown, Washington Post
Romeo is most notable for being the first film of the year to cash in on post-Bobbitt fears of castrating (and worse) females. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Rita Kempley, Washington Post
Basically, there's nothing new or revolutionary about Mona. Full Review
January 1, 2000
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
A satire that has the unfortunate tendency to take itself too seriously. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
An exercise in overwrought style and overwritten melodrama, and proof that a great cast cannot save a film from self-destruction. Full Review
May 11, 2008
Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
It's a senseless, tasteless and demented postmodern noir that has about as much class as a gimpy $10 Times Square hooker. Full Review
April 9, 2008
Film4
This is a battle-of-the-sexes movie played out at such a pitch of pervsity and amorality that it ultimately becomes rather laughable. Full Review
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