the yards movie review

The movie is set around the yards where the New York mass transit trains are made up and repaired. Great cast underperforming themselves in poor script that.

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The dialogue is terrible.

. It tries desperatley to be moody and succeeds only in being hard on the eyes. A drama set in the vast New York City subway yards. 641 h 55 min2000X-RayR.

THE YARDS attempts to achieve a mood similar to THE GODFATHER. It is about a kid who gets out of jail wants to do right and gets in trouble again. The movie isnt great but Phoenix acting is.

Directed by James Gray. The setting is the commuter rail yards in New York City in the boroughs of the Bronx Queens and BrooklynIn the films plot bribery corporate crime and political corruption are commonplace in. The plot is muddled and incoherent.

So Leo returns to the one place he thinks will be safe -- home. Mark Wahlberg stars as Leo Handler a car thief just out of jail and looking for a job w. In the best film noir theres always a sense of doom as the story tightens its grip on the lead and mercilessly pulls him back.

Hollywood seems to be having an October sale on botched movies. Self-importance sinks this one like a stone. Despite a depressing but somewhat redemptive end THE YARDS merits extreme caution due to plenty of foul language violence and other questionable elements.

It has a cast of extremely talented actors whose ability is almost wasted by insufficient character development. Mark Wahlberg Charlize Theron are. A look at political corruption and personal.

Well-acted especially by Caan but the material is SOOOOOO cliched. By Total Film published 10 November 00. The physical humor is almost painfully bad.

Perry spends most of his time falling down when he isnt getting beat up. The husband pulls out his gun and. After serving time in prison for taking the fall for a group of his friends Leo Handler Wahlberg just wants to get his life back on track.

This is the kind of standard material everyone could do in lockstep but you sense inner smiles and you suspect the actors are enjoying themselves. The Yards is an On the Waterfront wannabe directed with a heavy portentousness that smothers the drama in a thick sauce of self-importance. Amanda Peet is simply terrific as Ozs sympathetic receptionist with an unexpected expertise in hired killers.

But in the yards where his uncle Caan now pulls the strings safe is not how. Its realism in a fastidiously plausible plot is given energy and life by an exemplary ensemble cast. Finally there are those sentimental old-time prison movies that The Yards updates with its Coppola and Lumet-influenced touches.

Kevin Pollack provides a couple of bright moments as bad-guy Lazlo brother of the bad guy killed off in the last movie also played by Pollack. Desperate mum Val Ellen Burstyn begs sister Kitty and brother-in-law Frank. The Yards A character-driven film that depicts how an ex-con fits into big city corruption and how hunger for money and power spreads its black tentacles into the heart of a community.

It culminates at the railroad yards. A subtle but unmistakable aura of jolliness sneaks from the screen during The Whole Nine Yards and eventually we suspect that the actors are barely suppressing giggles. But the rest of THE WHOLE TEN YARDS is nothing but the sound of one failed joke after another.

Stream it or skip it. The Yards 2000 R 115 min. With Mark Wahlberg Joaquin Phoenix Charlize Theron James Caan.

We own the night was grays best film-this is lame. According to the formula a good-hearted ex-convict back on. Leo is released from prison after serving time for car theft.

Powered by JustWatch. The Yards a movie review by Jules Brenner. There is a sad tender quality in The Yards I couldnt put my finger on until I learned that the directors father inspired one of the characters.

The Yards 2000 cast and crew credits including actors actresses directors writers and more. Fresh out of prison a man takes a rail yard job with his uncles corrupt company and soon finds himself the scapegoat for a murder he did not commit. An extended slow-motion shot of a married couple having a violent fight with their teenage daughter intervening.

Starring Mark Wahlberg Joaquin Phoenix Charlize Theron James Caan Ellen Burstyn Faye Dunaway Steve Lawrence. Barely rescued by Caan and Wahlberg The Yards is an overly-dark and tedious affair. The Yards is a 2000 American crime film directed by James GrayIt was written by Gray and Matt Reeves and stars Mark Wahlberg Joaquin Phoenix Charlize Theron and James Caan.

His plan to go straight falls apart when he meets his corrupt uncle for a job and later an old friend working there. The Whole Nine Yards is a fast and funny comedy that checks morality and political correctness at the door. Leo returns home from prison where he did time without implicating his accomplices chiefly Willie.

The Yards review. Hes the best thing about the movie. Find details of The Yards along with its showtimes movie review trailer teaser full video songs showtimes and cast.

And the resolution following a tough choice between love or money is very satisfying. Featuring strong performances and direction The Yards is a richly textured crime thriller with an authentic feel. The Yards Movie Review Showtimes.

A drama set in the vast New York. Directed by James Gray.

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