Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Genre: Drama/
Crime
Runtime: 115
minutes
Year:
1990
Starring: Gabriel Byrne, Marcia Gay Harden, Albert Finney, John Turturro, Steve
Buscemi
Description: Tom Reagan
(Gabriel Byrne), an advisor to a Prohibition-era crime boss (Albert Finney),
tries to keep the peace between warring mobs but gets caught in divided
loyalties.
I WATCHED THIS MOVIE FOR MY 2025 MOVIE CHALLENGE.
WEEK 34: A FILM FROM 1990
Review: This is the third film by the Coen brother, Joel and Ethan. In “Miller’s
Crossing” they firmly established their signature visual flair, which they
would continue in films such as “Fargo” and “The Big Lebowski”.
In this film noir, gangster
Leo is asked to eliminate Bernie, but he is the brother of the woman he is in love
with. Meanwhile, she is already involved with Leo’s right-hand man Tom.
The theme is good and evil:
even the gangsters want to do good, act “ethically”, and be friends with
everyone. But their selfishness, distrust, and corruption inevitably gets them
killed.
The film feels somewhere
between “The Godfather” and “Sin City”, with the gangster and film noir elements,
and it’s an intelligent and witty film. Really good, overlooked filmd b the
Coen Brothers.
Rating: 3,5
/ 5
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