Synopsis
In the rail yards of Queens, contractors repair and rebuild the city's subway cars. These contracts are lucrative, so graft and corruption are rife. When Leo Handler gets out of prison, he finds his aunt married to Frank Olchin, one of the big contractors; he's battling with a minority-owned firm for contracts.
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Cast
- Mark WahlbergLeo Handler
- Joaquin PhoenixWillie Gutierrez
- Charlize TheronErica Soltz
- James CaanFrank Olchin
- Ellen BurstynVal Handler
- Faye DunawayKitty Olchin
- Steve LawrenceArthur Mydanick
- Andy DavoliRaymond Price
- Tony MusanteSeymour Korman
- Victor ArgoPaul Lazarides
Recommendations
- 80
Film.com
Don't be misled by claims that you've seen this one already. You haven't, and you should. - 75
New York Post
Visually accomplished and wonderfully acted. - 75
Portland Oregonian
A work of incompleteness, might-have-beens and moral subtleties befitting a filmmaker named Gray. - 70
Village Voice
Gray's brand of film-buffery manifests itself, simply and irresistibly, as ardent, uncynical movie love. - 63
New York Daily News
With one exception (hint: Faye Dunaway), the actors seem remarkably at home in their milieu. - 60
Dallas Observer
For Caan's shtick alone, The Yards is worthwhile, but we may also be witnessing the emergence, in Gray, of a young filmmaker who's just starting to find the range. - 50
Film.com
A collection of movie situations, recognizable from the films of Coppola and Scorsese, with a less obvious debt to Kazan. - 50
San Francisco Chronicle
Keeps sinking into its own grimness.
