Ash Wednesday (2002)
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Reviews Counted:14
Fresh:4
Rotten:10
Average Rating:4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Ash Wednesday, 1980. Hell's Kitchen, New York City. Exactly three years ago, while tending bar, Sean Sullivan (Elijah Wood) overhears some mobsters who speak of a plan to murder his older brother,... [More]
Starring: Edward Burns, Elijah Wood, Rosario Dawson, Oliver Platt
Director: Edward Burns
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2/4 |
...unlike [Scorsese's Mean Streets], Ash Wednesday is essentially devoid of interesting characters or even a halfway intriguing plot. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Ash Wednesday is not Edward Burns' best film, but it is a good and ambitious film. And it marks him as one of the most interesting writer/directors working today. Full Review |
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Burns' fifth beer-soaked film feels in almost every possible way -- from the writing and direction to the soggy performances -- tossed off. Full Review |
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An ambitious, guilt-suffused melodrama crippled by poor casting. Full Review |
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We don't see much box-office green in this film's future. Full Review |
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This may be Burns's strongest film since The Brothers McMullen. Full Review |
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This time Mr. Burns is trying something in the Martin Scorsese street-realist mode, but his self-regarding sentimentality trips him up again. Full Review |
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For all its brooding quality, Ash Wednesday is suspenseful and ultimately unpredictable, with a sterling ensemble cast. Full Review |
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There ought to be a directing license, so that Ed Burns can have his revoked. Full Review |
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Despite the authenticity of the trappings, the film is overblown in its plotting, hackneyed in its dialogue and anachronistic in its style. Full Review |
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