Once Upon a Time in America

  • 1984


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Positive Reviews 28
Negative reviews 4
Average Rating 3.9/5
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5.0
The poetic transitions are gone.The movie has been wrenched into apparent chronological order, scenes have been thrown out by the handful, relationshi .. Rogerebert
5.0
Sergio Leones final movie, in the works for a decade or more, is a true epic, a great, sprawling folly, filled with big and small moments, rage and re .. Common Sense Media
4.0
Did Leone make a genuine masterpiece or simply the most Proustian gangster movie ever Time Out
4.5
While Leones vision still has a magnificent sweep, the film finally subsides to an emotional core that is sombre, even elegiac, and which centres on a .. Time Out
3.1
Whether this is cruel exploitation or gritty drama is an open question, but the movie never misses a chance to remind viewers that America was just as ..
1.5
As it stands, Once Upon a Time in America seems stale and antiquated, the dogged but uninspired realization of a dubious filmmaking dream.
3.0
The movies four hours long, but no one had the time to write a single real character.
5.0
At its restored 229 minute cut, Leone in his directorial swan song proves in its first half hour how hes the master of cinematic hypnosis. E Film Critic
5.0
While The Godfather delivers certainty and a comforting dramatic resolution, Once Upon A Time In America delivers a profound kind of mystery.
4.0
Visually stunning, rich in detail, and filled with outstanding performances. Tv Guide
3.8
...sprawling subject matter thats employed to admittedly erratic yet often striking effect by Leone... Reel Film Reviews
5.0
This is essentially a re examination of Leones western preoccupations. Radio Times
2.5
Broad but often funny, and director Ivan Reitman ups the reward by treating the fantasy as energetically as the comedy. Cs Monitor
5.0
While the longer version thats circulated for the last 30 years is brilliantly crafted its one of my favorites from the era theres always been a sense .. New York Post
5.0
The film seems to be too ambiguous for its own good. But somehow it holds together, and becomes a masterpiece, and a wonderful little exit piece for t .. Internet Reviews
2.0
If the dialogue is occasionally stilted and conventional, with too many pauses, the mise en scene and visuals are not. Emanuellevy
5.0
With its compelling story, mesmerizing actors, and filmmaker Sergio Leones unique style, Once Upon a Time in America emerges as one of the most enjoya .. Reel Talk Reviews
1.5
Leone is less interested in arousing an audiences easier emotions than in presenting, at a dispassionate distance, the horror of two men warily walkin .. Time
4.0
A striking tale of loyalty, love, friendship and ambition, Once Upon A Time is a work of technical beauty and sombre emotion. Total Film
4.4
Edited chronologically, the movie is merely another gangster movie; Leonard Maltin liked the re sequenced film; Roger Ebert hated it. Movie Habit
5.0
Look, the real wonder of WW84 is that this maybe isnt the worst thing about it. Film Freak Central
3.5
The cinematographic style has evolved, but its still unmistakably reminiscent of his earlier projects.
2.0
What is not expected is that his name should be attached to a film that makes so little narrative sense. Ny Times
3.8
If a female character isnt a sexual object in this story, then shes a victim of violence. Larsen On Film
5.0
It combines a truly Kubrickian chill with a Marx Brothers comic chaos visual aesthetic. The Filmy Ap
3.5
Handsomely mounted beyond a shadow of a doubt, but as the final statement in Leones career, it mostly makes me think of how fantastic his Westerns wer .. Antagony & Ecstasy
3.8
The first 3 of the 4 hours fly by thanks to beautiful locations and superlative acting, but unlike the gun slinging standoffs of his westerns, this ta .. Big Picture Big Sound
5.0
Sad and vast yet compelling throughout, this remain Leones most towering achievement. Film 4
5.0
Though the film is defined by its bravura aspects, Leone managed to keep the acting of his two stars as understated and muted as the pictures carefull .. La Times
3.5
While Sergio Leones Once Upon a Time in America is not quite the masterpiece that some make it out to be due to its excess, there are still plenty of ..
3.0
Its an entrancing and stirring epic from one of the cinemas most expressionistic artists, and one of the most consistently fascinating films Ive ever .. Nicks Chager
4.5
A stratosphere scraping citadel of cinema, nearly everything about Leones last filmand greatest masterworkspeaks to the grand illusion of the American .. Esquire
3.1
In a post The Godfather world, for Leone to even consider taking on an epically scoped New York gangster film took tremendous courage if not foolishne .. Bangit Out



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