Synopsis
Hell's Kitchen, New York. Terry Noonan returns home after a ten-year absence. He soon reconnects with Jackie, a childhood friend and member of the Irish mob, and rekindles his love affair with Jackie's sister Kathleen.
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Cast
- Sean PennTerry
- Ed HarrisFrankie
- Gary OldmanJackie
- Robin WrightKathleen
- John TurturroNick
- Burgess MeredithFinn
- R. D. CallNicholson
- Joe ViterelliBorelli
- John C. ReillyStevie
- Deirdre O'ConnellIrene
Recommandations
- 80
Newsweek
Joanou has an intricate, beautifully built script to work from (David Rabe did a lot of uncredited rewriting) and he unfolds his charged story of violence, fratricide, and betrayal with masterly assurance. [17 Sep 1990, p.54] - 75
Chicago Sun-Times
The movie is so sincere and confused in its values that it mirrors the goofy loyalties and violent pathology of its characters. - 75
Entertainment Weekly
The movie has been shot with a pleasingly overripe visual flair, and on its own terms it’s fairly entertaining. Yet it isn’t about anything so much as its own explosiveness. - 70
The New York Times
With coolly expressive cinematography by Jordan Cronenweth and an insinuating Ennio Morricone score, State of Grace has a somber and chilling tone that is only occasionally breached. - 63
Rolling Stone
The movie is marred by overkill, especially in the brutal and bloated allegorical ending, which feels lifted, clumsily, from The Godfather. State of Grace is most powerful and gripping when it stays true to the emotions of its characters. - 60
TV Guide Magazine
Visually, State of Grace joins Miller's Crossing as one of the best-looking movies in ages. But, as it nears its bloody ending, the film just gets dumber and dumber. - 60
Variety
State of Grace is a handsomely produced, mostly riveting, but ultimately overlong and overindulgent gangster picture. - 50
Los Angeles Times
Unfortunately, what director Joanou makes of all these promising elements is thudding pretentiousness.
