Overlong, overwrought, and overbearing at times, Pride and Glory is all 'boys in blue' bluster masquerading as an amped up A-list thriller.
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10/24/08
Pride and Glory (2008)
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Reviews Counted:150
Fresh:51
Rotten:99
Average Rating:5.1/10
Consensus: Formulaic in its plotting and cliched in its dialogue, Pride and Glory does little to distinguish itself from other police procedurals.
Theatrical Release:07-11-2008
Synopsis: The son of a New York City police officer, Gavin O'Connor serves as director and co-screenwriter of this tale of family, loyalty, and corruption. The NYPD runs in the Tierney family's blood.... [More]
Starring: Edward Norton, Colin Farrell, Jon Voight, Noah Emmerich
Director: Gavin O'Connor
Reviews for Pride and Glory
Despite the solid performances, it's a misery-laden, all-too-conventional corrupt cop story.
10/24/08
It finds real pride and glory in its superb cast.
10/24/08
Ultimately your ability to find any entertainment in Pride and Glory will depend on your craving for clichéd cop dramas.
10/24/08
Plays like The Departed grafted onto the CliffsNotes version of The Wire by a computer program that added the word 'f---ing' to every other line of dialogue.
10/24/08
This is the first time (Edward) Norton and (Colin) Farrell have shared a movie screen. It would be a crime for it to be the last.
10/24/08
Pride and Glory is full of interesting little grace notes, and the cast is excellent, yet it grows more and more frustrating. It has everything going for it except a story that doesn't send the audience out miles ahead of the plot developments.
10/24/08
An efficient if overwrought addition to the evergreen movie tradition of boys in blue behaving very, very badly.
10/24/08
The movie sets itself apart from the usual run of cop flicks in its emotional details.
10/24/08
focuses more on the family ties sub-plot, which is the weakest part of Pride and Glory (and if you don't have Michael J. Fox in the movie, those family ties just aren't as interesting).
10/24/08
stitched together with a thick emotional fabric that is weaved by the excellent cast
10/24/08
There are raw, naked spots that will have you gripping your seat and biting your lip. You may even have to remind yourself to breathe.
10/24/08
Pride's only saving grace is Edward Norton, whose mere presence raises the level of a film several notches. But it's unclear why he lately has chosen such worn-out material.
10/24/08
Pride and Glory would be a pretty cool movie if it were made in 1982.
10/24/08
There's nothing really wrong with Pride and Glory, apart from an excessive degree of brutality, but there's nothing terribly revelatory about it either.
10/24/08
Pride and Glory, despite a subtle performance from Norton and some vivid action scenes, is just not that special.
10/24/08
An unexceptional police drama that doesn't live up to its high ambition, Pride and Glory feels like a television cop show that made it through one season before disappearing.
10/24/08
Pride and Glory is more than just lousy; it's an amalgam of every bad tendency of the current cinema, stitched together into a single 125-minute monstrosity of a cop movie.
10/24/08
What makes the characters in Pride and Glory real -- and raises the movie above the standard corrupt-cop fare -- is their capacity to live and die in shades of gray.
10/24/08
Like We Own the Night before it, Pride and Glory is the most depressing sort of not-that-great movie because it really wants to be an epic drama and a serious actor showcase, but it just can't close the deal.
10/24/08
Latest News for Pride and Glory
January 17, 2009:
Pride And Glory is anything but. And though rife with brutality and cynicism way too over the top to make sense of it all, the journey there stings with a raw and devastating emotional power. Abu Graib in Washington Heights meets Godfather in blue. 
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January 17, 2009:
Pride And Glory is anything but. And though rife with brutality and cynicism way too over the top to make sense of it all, the journey there stings with a raw and devastating emotional power. Abu Graib in Washington Heights meets Godfather in blue.
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November 07, 2008:
UK Critics Consensus: Was W. Wicked? Is Pride & Glory Proud and Glorious?
This week in the UK cinemas we have Oliver Stones latest presidential dissection, the George W. Bush biopic W. with Josh Brolin in the title role. Also out is Pride & Glory, a... More...
October 27, 2008:
Honest cop tested by Blue Wall of Silence in gritty NYC crime saga.
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