Synopsis
Two brothers, on either side of the law, face off over organized crime in Brooklyn during the 1970s.
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Cast
- Clive OwenChris Pierzynski
- Billy CrudupFrank
- Marion CotillardMonica
- Mila KunisNatalie
- Zoe SaldañaVanessa
- Matthias SchoenaertsAnthony Scarfo
- James CaanLeon
- Noah EmmerichLt. Colon
- Lili TaylorMarie
- Domenick LombardozziMike
Recommendations
- 75
Portland Oregonian
Blood Ties not only convincingly recreates its era, it seems like it could have been made then. - 67
The Playlist
A couple of shootouts and chases are impressive, giving the film a little bit of momentum it sorely lacks, but it’s heartbreaking that ultimately the film doesn’t work. - 60
The Guardian
This hoary, hackneyed old cop-opera...is served with such relish that the fun proves infectious. - 60
The Dissolve
This isn’t a movie so much as a fetishist’s fever dream—a fantasia of New York crime movies from the 1970s that places the specificity of its time and place at center stage more than any actual New York crime movie from the era. - 60
Los Angeles Times
There's a heft to the proceedings that keeps us invested even when the story's various strands start to unravel. - 58
The A.V. Club
With his English-language debut, Blood Ties, Canet takes on material of even less interest to today’s big studios, constructing something much more ambitious than a straight thriller — a sprawling familial crime drama, heavier on relationships than chases or shoot-outs. - 50
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Among the cast, the Oscar winner Cotillard acquits herself the best, bleary-eyed and bitter. - 30
Variety
The tension rarely rises above a low boil.
