Mark Wahlberg,
Joaquin Phoenix,
Charlize Theron,
James Caan,
Ellen Burstyn
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In this drama, a young man joins the family business without knowing that he's entering a world of danger and deceit. Hot-headed Leo Handler (Mark Wahlberg) has had some scrapes with the law and serve... read more
DVD Release Date: April 10, 2001
Stats: 329 reviews
Bored the hell out of me. Was not that bad, I guess, if you like these type of crime family stories, but really wasn't in the mood to watch it and it failed to grab my attention. Dark and dingy in the filming, too.
Good cast, acting is fine.
This movie started out a little slow, but it got interesting quickly enough. I am really starting to become an fan of Joaquin Phoenix. I enjoy watching him act. Really hope he decides to act again. Mark Wahlberg was great. Once the story gets going it holds your attention. Really... read more
Mark Wahlberg makes this movie rise to the top. After getting out of prison, he tries to stay clean but gets caught up in trouble cause by his cousin. All takes place in NYC subway abd train yards. Excellent story, little action but lots of suspense. 5 Stars is not enough,
An example of making a good movie with an unoriginal plot, Good perfs from Phoenix & Burstyn
[font=Century Gothic]In [/font][font=Century Gothic]"The Yards", Leo(Mark Wahlberg) has just recently been paroled from prison for a crime unspecified to his native environs of Queens. He turns to his uncle Frank(James Caan) who owns a subway repair shop for a job. Frank suggest... read more
Excellent character and morality drama with great performances. I particularly loved Caan as the somewhat kind hearted villain. It would have been easy to play him as a complete dick, but this is a film without any clear good or evil characters, and it's all the better for it. ... read more
Good film, good writing and some great performances. Mark Wahlberg and Joaquin Phoenix are a great acting combo, as seen in the recent film "We Own The Night"....which was also directed by James Gray. The two films have a similar feel.
Outstanding film. This film had great drama and was a good thriller. The directing and screenplay by Gray was amazing. Wahlberg and Phoenix were great actors in this film.
Really great movie!!!!!!! That you have to see! Mark Wahlberg is great in it. I loved everything about it!
I can't remember when a film so well-acted and so well-rendered visually was also so oppressive to sit through. Full Review
Good enough to make you eager for Mr. Gray's next film. Full Review
Gray balances the hugeness of the canvas and the occasional broadness of his strokes with spare, scrupulous detail in the individual characterizations. Full Review
By the end, we're left with a feeling of depletion rather than resolution.
A serious film that strives for a moral complexity and a textural density rarely found in contemporary dramas. Full Review
Collapses into a weary catalog of crime-movie cliches and political impossibilities.
A slice of NYC made with imitation cheese. Full Review
Remarkable for the way in which every character has more than one side.
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