Road to Perdition

  • 2002


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Positive Reviews 68
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Average Rating 3.8/5
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4.0
It overcomes minor flaws through beautiful directing and first class performances. Common Sense Media
3.0
The film feels alternately cloaked in heavy wood paneling or soaked in cold Chi town slush. Austin Chronicle
4.0
Under Capones instruction, Nitti hires a hitman (Jude Law) to finish Sullivan off. Screen Daily
4.5
In other words, Road to Perdition doesnt just look predictably good on Blu ray, it looks even better than I was expecting. Collider
3.8
Their feet must always be cold.The photography creates a visceral chill. Rogerebert
3.0
No unforgettable dialogue, but a decent story presented via a handful of well defined characters. JoBlo
4.0
Despite all the outer trappings of success, Sullivan is not a happy man. Spirituality And Practice
2.5
It got the surreal look it wanted, but so what!.The film was a soft crime story from start to finish. Sover
3.8
Road to Perdition does display greatness, and its worth seeing. But it also comes with the laziness and arrogance of a thing that already knows its wo .. Combust Ible Celluloid
4.4
Longtime theater director Mendes again shows a desire to choose films that have a strong focus on character.The film is hopeful but never sentimental. Mark Reviews Movies
4.5
The ending of the film is predictable, but only because it is inevitable. Lariat
4.5
This movie could have relied on any one of its strengths and let the other jobs by filled by less talented people; instead, it strives for, and achiev .. Eric Ds Nider
4.0
Hanks and Newman are the personification of anguish and torn loyalty in a gripping, violent film that is part character study and part cat and mouse c .. News Review
4.3
Yet, the way in which the filmmakers have fashioned and told their story makes it seem fresh and intriguing, while the superb performances and top not .. Screen It
4.5
A few moments of offhanded humour are like a blast of fresh air into the otherwise sombre proceedings. Shadows On The Wall
3.0
Beautifully shot, with a terrific performance by Newman, but Hanks is miscast and the film is ultimately too slow and uninvolving not as great as it t .. View London
2.5
All this makes Perdition a change from summer fare, but it doesnt make the picture compelling to watch. Cs Monitor
4.0
Of course, it is Mendes who is most responsible for breathing such vibrant life into what could have been just another gangster story.All told, this i .. Film Journal
4.0
It features a screenplay with dialogue that can hardly be faulted on an intelligence level.It offers no less than five dynamic performances. Mountain X
4.0
Because of its great performances, superb direction, terrific costumes and exceptional cinematography by Conrad Hall, Road to Perdition is sure to be .. Reel Talk Reviews
3.5
The big issues are huge in this sumptuous and predigested, top quality and overdetermined, serious and easy reader movie from the director of American .. Ew
4.0
Powerful performances from the cast all around, incredible direction, a top notch story, and beautiful cinematography make this a true masterpiece. Cinema Crazed
1.5
Neither a good Paul Newman nor a bad Tom Hanks can save this dreary art house flick from the airless grip of American Beauty director Sam Mendes. Salon
4.0
This is supremely crafted, grown up moviemaking that never escapes its pulp origins. Empire
3.8
Directed by Sam Mendes, this movie might not be as flashy as his Oscar winning American Beauty, but its a smarter film, more mature and emotionally ho .. Sf Gate
4.0
But while the flicks portentous posturing occasionally grates, this is still a classy yarn that boasts a strong central performance from Hanks and a s .. Bbc
3.1
Whatever passion the films color palette excites for its 1930s American pastoral is seemingly negated by inconsistent characterizations and a slippery .. Slant Magazine
5.0
A rare motion picture with both a gorgeously rendered style and a multilayered, heartfelt character study, Road to Perdition is noir filmmaking at its .. The Movie Boy
3.8
It is an auspicious debut for a budding new talent.Jude Law has some good fun as a combination of personalities. Reeling Reviews
4.5
Theres not a thing that isnt hauntingly, quietly electrifying about this, the first truly grown up comic book movie. Flickfilosopher
3.8
Despite the fantasy setting and aesthetic, its a human tale about relatable characters with real emotions. ReelViews
4.0
This is classic albeit somber filmmaking, restrained and all of a piece, by a director who believes film can tell adult stories in an adult manner, wh .. Calendar Live
3.0
In only his second outing since his magnificent debut Sam Mendes delivers a change up pitch trading the heat energy and acid wit of his first and Osca .. Hollywood
3.8
As such, the movie misfires: Its numbingly cold and soulless, and the zeitgeist stays far beyond its reach.But its so visually striking you almost don .. Seattle Pi
3.8
Your first film is an Oscar sweeping smash: what do you do for an encore Groucho Reviews
3.1
This redemption fable set against a 1930s gangland backdrop may be vividly realized by director Sam Mendes (American Beauty) and reasonably well acted .. Spliced Wire
4.0
If you accept Road To Perdition on its own terms, as a kind of gangster opera that unfolds with a measured mythical grace, you quickly forgive the fac .. The Star
4.4
Many of Hollywoods current crop of good guys have tried to go bad on the big screen at least once in their careers.Most of them have failed. Deseret News
4.0
Its just that his baggage gets in the way: you can never totally immerse yourself in the films emotional landscape because at the back of your mind Ha .. Urban Cine File
5.0
The story and its characters move within shadows and in the merciless beams of stark light, artfully enhancing the shifting moods and emotions. Varia Gate
2.5
The University of Missouri has closed its investigation of Terrence Phillips and did not find enough evidence to support allegations of rape, stalking .. Kansas City
1.3
Besides the slow pace and dry emotional well, the actual dialogue also lacks uniqueness. Ross Anthony
3.8
Road is so beautiful, so well composed and so tidy in its sense of justice that it never quite gets its hands dirty enough to evoke any true emotion. Big Picture Big Sound
3.1
Its not entertaining, its doesnt inspire any feeling, it doesnt make you think Its a gorgeous bore. Montreal Film Journal
4.0
You will be able to save yourself from getting disappointed of watching nothing but a lame movie. Window To The Movies
3.0
Philip French: This is all familiar stuff..But Mendes and the veteran cinematographer Conrad Hall, who has a special eye for the infinite sadness of t .. Film Guardian
4.5
Casting Hanks as a heavy is no mistake here, and though the gamble is not entirely successful its a fine experiment. Bitly
4.0
Unfortunately, after you win Best Picture and Best Director (among others) for your first film, theres nowhere to go but down. Film Quips Online
2.5
If the film evokes comic book associations in its narrative weaknesses more so, indeed, than the source material its imagery evokes the visual strengt .. Decent Films
3.5
Until Road to Perdition finally comes to life, you might think the Great Depression meant that everyone was depressed, and chronically repressed in a .. Wsj
4.5
Sam Mendess 2002 follow up to American Beauty finds him every bit as adept, arty, and Oscar hungry. Chicago Reader
3.8
It becomes a technical exercise, an enjoyable experience that never entirely connects with us the way it should. Flip Side Archive
5.0
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4.0
Its Newman who really stands out. Despite his advanced years hes 77 the man still has remarkable presence. Film4
4.0
...something more than the sum of its parts; namely, a gripping, touching, entertaining motion picture. Movie Metropolis
3.0
The pictures basically a nicely shot, sharply lit style showcase, though one chilling scene on the threshold of the Sullivans home plays ingeniously w .. Vue Weekly
4.5
Director Sam Mendes is on course to become one of the great directors of this decade. Dark Horizons
4.5
Welcome to Sam Mendes sophomore helming effort, the first being American Beauty, the best film of 1999. Need Coffee
4.0
Mendes is proving to be The Definitive Filmmaker on just his second go at it.Once again he has taken a dark and bitter story, found the grace and warm .. Films Nobs
4.5
Film, like poetry, is marked by compaction of thought expressed in vivid, concrete images.Essentially, film is poetic drama, the use of story to the p .. Films Nobs
2.5
Worse yet, Mendes style often doesnt bring us any closer to the emotions at the center of this tale. Movie Martyr
3.0
The acting in the film is more than adequate, but it isnt up to the level one would expect it to be with a cast of superlative actors like the one tha .. Juicy Cerebellum
1.5
But Road to Perdition, no matter how you cut it, is a terrible and dishonest movie, craven in its impersonation of grief, self scrutiny, and honor amo .. Nicks Flick Picks
3.1
Road to Perdition is long and winding, fraught with potholes (or plot holes, as the case may be) and its signposts are far too readable. Still, its th .. Fantastic A Daily
3.5
Dispatches from adolescent territory reach me occasionally through my niece Michelle, who has moved into her teen years like the Wehrmacht hitting Bel .. The Nation
1.5
This last motif surges in the films coda with a sequence that is 2002s most rapturous, a long, undulating shot that combines serenity and horror. Boston Phoenix
3.1
The film is so predictable, the steps plod one after each other to the inevitable conclusion. Zap2it.com
3.5
I was sorry when I learned that Michaels, the well known childrens hair cutting salon at Madison Avenue and 90th Street, went out of business recently .. Ny Observer
4.5
Gangsters. Parents. Children. Honor. Road to Perdition is all this and more, perhaps too perfect or too calculated, but with great cinema in it.
4.5
What it shares with other, very different comic book adaptations (say the Batman movies) is its totally designed look.Not a detail is out of place. Bfi
2.5
Carolina Panthers head coach Ron Rivera wants to see Christian McCaffreys role in the offense increase. Charlotte
3.8
The veteran actor gives the mob patriarch a knowing smile and a world weary stare hes a steely rascal of a man whos done and seen too much to have any .. Dvd Journal
3.8
The story serves up surprises throughout without being overly clever, and you long to cheer it on in the midst of summer movie candyland. Usa Today 30
2.0
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4.0
But something about this carefully measured construction of a movie lacks spontaneity. Cine Scene



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