Just as the title itself doesn't give us enough, Pride and Glory needed to plumb deeper in order to rise above the business-as-usual cop family drama.
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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
It's bearable for two acts, but eventually sensation overtakes sense.
10/24/08
Pride and Glory, directed by Gavin O’Connor, plods across familiar ground. It’s yet another movie about the fraternal disorder of the police.
10/24/08
Top CriticWhen the writers went to the Dialogue Store, it must have been closed because they loaded their cart from whatever they found in the Dumpster out back.
10/24/08
The dirty-cop drama Pride and Glory overshoots the mark by spinning its implausible, hyperviolent tale around too tight a family circle.
10/24/08
A gritty thriller in the bloodline of Sidney Lumet's compelling New York City cop stories Serpico, Prince of the City and Dog Day Afternoon, it also offers deeper meaning for anyone willing to look for it.
10/24/08
While that may seem too many references for one film to make sense of, or too lofty a group of variables to do justice to, [director] O'Connor manages to craft a foundation sturdy enough to support their weight.
10/24/08
Even the weakest episode of TV's The Shield owns Pride and Glory outright: This is the kind of movie so relentlessly derivative, you can figure out the turns and surprises awaiting in the script just five minutes into the story.
10/24/08
The plot itself isn't all that new. Family, corrupt cops... you know the drill. But it's done well, and for me, that's all that matters.
10/24/08
A plodding, formulaic police drama bathed in bluish light, Pride and Glory displays very little of either.
10/24/08
Top CriticFundamentally modest cop movie eventually crashes under weight of self-importance.
10/24/08
Pride and Glory is a solid if unimaginative addition to a cop genre becoming increasingly devoid of originality.
10/24/08
Pride and Glory breaks no new ground in its ruminations on fathers and sons and the bonds of the NYPD, but it treads well-marked territory with energy and refuses to pull its punches or indulge in cheap sentiment or emotional gimmickry.
10/24/08
The movie has a handful of worthwhile scenes, but it's lacking in anything new or fresh.
10/24/08
Granted, the opening scenes are a shaky-cam chaos. Mawkishness and bleating illogic plague the endgame. But I might have forgiven even that had the remainder of the movie not been ruined in the trailer.
10/24/08
A top-notch cast including Edward Norton, Colin Farrell and Jon Voight really get the job done, with spare, tough/tender performances that rank among their best work.
10/24/08
Top CriticA talented cast and moments of brutal violence can't dislodge a sense of ho-hum predictability in Pride and Glory.
10/24/08
A gritty aesthetic and clearheaded storytelling elevate this conventional plot into an engrossing drama.
10/24/08
Not that the movie's a knockout by any means. But it does bring enough integrity, good acting and old-fashioned mean street snarl to the formula to show it can still work.
10/24/08
Well-paced, well-acted, Pride and Glory is much richer than routine.
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.
More...
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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