So eager to be firm that it goes totally soft, like a hard-boiled egg left in the pot too long.
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10/23/08
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
Pride and Glory lacks the right stuff to pierce the thin blue line.
10/23/08
Intelligently directed, beautifully shot (by Declan Quinn) and takes what has come to be an unorthodox approach to the writing of screenplays: It assumes the audience isn't made up of idiots.
10/23/08
It follows the well-worn pathways of countless police dramas before it.
10/23/08
Top CriticEverything about the dirty cop thriller Pride and Glory is formulaic and forgettable, even down to its generic title.
10/23/08
Ostensibly about a steadily imploding Irish-cop family in New York, Pride and Glory sizzles with a subversive subtext that questions blind loyalty to institutions, from the White House to Wall Street, that keep selling us out.
10/23/08
A slightly faster pace, a better ending, and a few twists we haven't seen time and time again would have made Pride and Glory a must-see.
10/23/08
There's nothing new about the film, including its basic problem: a cast of talented actors cut off at the knees by stilted, cliched writing.
10/23/08
...exists on a more realistic plane than something like Lethal Weapon or Rush Hour. Watching it, you feel like you're walking a cop's beat.
10/23/08
Dark, violent and unfocused New York City police drama of two detective brothers, their uniformed brother-in-law, and the price of loyalty in the face of homicidal corruption.
10/23/08
Constructed almost entirely out of cop-drama clichés.
10/23/08
If only the script was a little tighter, this could have been a classic.
10/22/08
one of those workmanlike films that does everything well, but never really transcends the material
10/22/08
A crime drama about a family of cops discovering corruption in its ranks--co-written, directed and produced by two sons of cops. You're bound to come up with something very muscular, even if it's entirely derivative.
10/22/08
Grim, abrasive, and hard to watch, full of swaggering men shouting at each other like high school drama students who have just learned how to be vulgar.
10/22/08
It wants to be different; yet, in the end, the elements that separate this police corruption film from those with similar themes and subjects are those that derail the climax and send this freight train careening out of control.
10/22/08
What we're left with isn't an embarrassment, but isn't anything for this proud cast to glory in, either.
10/22/08
A tightly acted and emotionally bruising corrupt-cop family drama that feels like the kind of serious, slow-burn NYPD movie nobody -- not even Lumet -- makes anymore.
10/22/08
Sometimes the writing gets too outrageous, as if O'Connor and Carnahan are trying too hard to top themselves. Look out for the scene with the baby and the iron, which is a nice time to run off to the bathroom.
10/22/08
You’ve seen this all before, and if Pride and Glory doesn’t lack for conviction, there’s a cookie-cutter vibe that might be the result of Hollywood tinkering.
10/22/08
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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