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State Of Grace [DVD] [1991]
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Suitable for 18 years and over
MGM Entertainment
Release date: Monday 23rd of June 2003
Starring: Ed Harris, Gary Oldman, John Turturro, Sean Penn, Robin Wright Penn, £12.99
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Overshadowed by GoodFellas when it was released in 1990, State of Grace gradually emerged as one of the best New York gangster films of its decade. It was also the first to feature the Irish American mob known as the Westies. Here, their territory west of Times Square is being gentrified by an unwelcome infusion of yuppie cash, squeezing them into a reluctant alliance with Mafia kingpins. Frankie (Ed Harris) is the boss; little brother Jackie (Gary Oldman) is his volatile muscle; their friend Terry (Sean Penn) has returned from an extended absence, harbouring a dangerous secret while rekindling his love for Frankie and Jackie's sister Kathleen (Robin Wright, Penn's future wife). Giving one of his scariest, most violent performances, Oldman offers stark, brutal contrast to Harris's pent-up fury, while Penn breathes life into his character's standard-issue dilemma. A former protégé of Steven Spielberg's, director Phil Joanou handles this gritty potboiler with confident, unobtrusive style, ramping up the tension of divided loyalties, even as the plot grows increasingly familiar. --Jeff Shannon
Top Gangster flick
Review date: 2010-06-07 Rating: 10 out of 10
This film has to be the best kept cinematic secret ever. When you look at the cast I dont know how it slipped under the radar, gritty hells kitchen crime film. Must see !
State Of Grace [DVD] [1991] Reviews
State of Grace
Review date: 2009-10-22 Rating: 10 out of 10
Based loosley on the imfamous Westies irish gang in new york. A gem of a movie
never got the credit it deserves, which makes it a hidden gem. A strong cast
including : Gary Oldman, Ed Harris, Sean Penn, John Turtoro, Robin Wright-Penn.
Well worth watching, Oldman gives the performance of his career.
Lesser known classic
Review date: 2009-10-08 Rating: 10 out of 10
I remember watching this film time after time when it first came out on video.... tried to get a copy on DVD but couldn't , so I was ecstatic when I managed to get one recently.
I hadn't seen it for some years, so anticipation ran high. I wasn't to be disappointed. The cast is inspired, the performances are stunning. But it's the storyline which grips one to one's seat. As a gangster/gang film it's up there with the best - Sean Penn's Terry Noonan is stunning....Gary Oldman's loose cannon character is riveting, and Ed Harris as the head of the Flannery clan is simply chilling.
Not going to give any more away. This film is just superb.
Almost a masterpiece??
Review date: 2008-04-16 Rating: 2 out of 10
Consider the idea: Make a ganster movie with brillinat actors such as Ed harris, Gary Oldman, Sean Penn, John Tutorro etc, music by Ennio Morricone, cinematography by J. Croenweth (Blade Runner) and you have a classic gangster movie.
NO, because at its heart, State of Grace isn't really a new kind of film in the small-time gangster genre, but it is an example of one that follows the formula with mediocre precision. This movie is about loyalty, and how money and power can sometimes break the most powerful bonds of all -- family. State of Grace fits this model to a tee, but with strong performances and gorgeous cinematography (Jordan Cronenweth, Blade Runner), this is a slow and not so finely-tuned drama that failed to plese me on any level.
Sean Penn is a low-level Irish gangster (they sell cheap Irish whiskey to sleazy bar owners) who returns to his roots in New York's Hell's Kitchen district after many years away. Unbeknownst to the guys in the neighborhood he grew up with, Terry has pent the last several years as a cop, and is now working undercover to crack down on the organized crime element that they are mostly composed of.
Penn's loyalties are in doubt when he rekindles an old relationship with the sister of the head of the gang, Robin Wright Penn, who is fighting her own struggles with wanting to divorce herself from all that her brothers represent. State of Grace failed to arrest my attention with its morally ambiguous situations. It's not The Godfather or GoodFellas, and Joanou (Final Analysis) has crafted a boring, nice-looking looking film, and he has since returned to directing for TV in the USA.
But the movie's plot paradoxically gets less and less original, the more complicated it becomes. At the outset, when it seems concerned only with the behavior of its characters, it's original and challenging. Then it turns into a story filled with familiar elements, and by the end everything is happening by the numbers. There's another problem. This movie, intended as a gritty slice-of-life about gangsters in New York City, is being released at about the same time as Martin Scorsese's "GoodFellas," which deals with the same subject and is a film so strong and graceful that few others can stand comparison to it.
This film is a TV movie. It is completely routine, adding absolutely nothing to an already saturated genre niche of the N York gangsters.
Phil Jaonou's movie will probably be studied at film schools around the world in an attempt to learn how not to make a ganster movie.
Gary Oldman. Nuff Said
Review date: 2007-04-12 Rating: 10 out of 10
Here is one of thoes fils that you will catch the back end of on late night TV, and think to yourself "wow that was a great ending, I must remember what its called so I can watch it again when its on" You know the type I mean.
Anyway, here is a classic movie to see Gary Oldman playing the usual role of a egotistical, psychotic drunk down to a T. Infact all the acting in this movie is, in my opinion is great Ed Woods portrail of the mob leader to Sean Penns charecter of the guy that should know better. If you like the kind of gangster movie where not everyone in it is Italian and there is actually a story line that is intringuing, then this is the movie for you.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Ed Harris
To find out more about Ed Harris click on their nameGary Oldman
To find out more about Gary Oldman click on their nameJohn Turturro
To find out more about John Turturro click on their nameSean Penn
To find out more about Sean Penn click on their nameRobin Wright Penn
To find out more about Robin Wright Penn click on their nameCreators:
Sean Penn (Primary Contributor)
Ed Harris (Primary Contributor)
Recording label: MGM Entertainment
Manufacturer: MGM Entertainment
EAN: 5050070009903
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Colour, PAL, Widescreen,
Release date: 2003-06-23
Number of discs: 1
Aspect ratio: 16:9 - 1.78:1
Audience rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 128 minutes
