Miller's Crossing

Pros: Direction, Story, Acting, Cinematography, Score
Cons: Not a mindless action movie

Miller's Crossing (1990) “Is there a point - or are you just brushing up on your small talk?” Tom Reagan Miller’s Crossing is one of those movies you may have to watch a few times to get the story straight. If you bother ...

Pros: intelligent, witty, unpredictable
Cons: runs against the grain of a lot of gangster dramas

Those words, or words to that effect, open Miller's Crossing, a dark comedy/drama, from the Coen Brothers, whose Raising Arizona was as zany as Blood Simple was creepy, and whose Fargo eventually brought these brothers the recognition they most ...

Pros: Superb, complex and amazing
Cons: Stagey; can be an acquired taste for those Coen Bros. uninitiates

Set in Prohibition 20's in an unidentified, decaying town, "Miller's Crossing" is one of the best films of the 1990's, for my money the Coen Brothers' masterpiece and far superior to "Fargo".

The movie opens with a shot...

Pros: Dialogue, plot twists, performances
Cons: Violence, quirky Coen style

Tom Reagan has a problem. He is sleeping with his boss Leo O’Bannion’s (Albert Finney) girlfriend, Verna (Marcia Gay Harden). Does he tell the boss and ruin his longstanding relationship with him? How does he help his boss resolve a problem ...

Pros: Coens' Direction/Script, Language, Cinematography, Editing, Music, Look, Tone, Sound, & Cast.
Cons: None.

Following the success of 1987's quirky comedy Raising Arizona, Joel and Ethan Coen were set to create their next feature film. During writing their new project, the brothers suffered writer's block and would eventually write their experience for ...

Pros: Byrne, Harden, Turturro, cinematography, crisp dialogue
Cons: Ummm...not enough Buscemi?

Is there honor among thieves? So goes the central question of an early film from the Coen brothers. When they made it, the Coen’s were still running out of the public eye – their quirky masterpieces, “Raising Arizona” and “Fargo” had ...

Pros: Great storyline....
Cons: none, nada, zip, zilch

Some people say..."Scuse me while I kiss the sky..."

I am different.

I say..."Scuse me while I genuflect and kiss the ring of the Coen Brothers for they shall lead us out of the darkness and bathe us in everlasting...

Pros: Excellent acting, Interesting characters, Cinematography, decent DVD extras
Cons: Convoluted plot that does not go very far, Slow and drawn out

It's been nice the last few weeks for me with no contests to participate in. Sure, I've been busy with my business and a steady job that will allow me to remain as close to free as I am now, while bringing in some decent money. All in all, the last ...

Pros: I truly love the look of this film. It's invigorating. It is rich and it makes you want to leap into the frame, rolling around in its burnished hues. But cinematography only does not a movie make! Miller's Crossing is a masterpiece due to its buzzing energ
Cons: The film has been criticised as emotionally empty. Oddly enough, though its among my favorite films and I find it deeply moving, I can see what people are getting at -- until the final scene, it's merely an engaging story with great visuals, sans heart. Th

By Max Scheinin.

In Miller's Crossing's best scene -- the one you see excerpted on the cover of its box -- Tom Reagan (Gabriel Byrne), gun in hand, strides after a fidgeting, frightened small-time strings-pulling loser named Bernie (John...

Pros: Deep, brooding, classic film noir
Cons: are you kidding? This is the Coen brothers!

We all have become familiar with the intelligent, edgy films of the Coen brothers. How can we forget about films like "Fargo", "Raising Arizona", and "Barton Fink". The Coen brothers have made an art of making movies that...

Pros: Gabriel Byrne is outstanding, excellent screenplay and direction
Cons: A little overly complicated, an awful lot to follow

The Coen brothers twisted homage to gangster films improves on their elaborate, trashy crime flick Blood Simple by creating better characters and comedy much funnier yet darker. This lesser seen film from the brothers is almost a combination of...

Pros: Acting, Story
Cons: Too wordy, we don't care enough about the characters

I finally got around to seeing "Miller's Crossing" last night after repeated hearing its praises from other critics. I certainly enjoyed the film, but it didn't near meet my expectations or the many 5 star ratings that I've seen on it. This...

Pros: Everything about the movie.
Cons: It always ends and I have to rewind. I really need a DVD player.

Every time I walk in to a Coen brothers movie, I prepare myself for disappointment. Why? Because everything they've done up until now has set my expectations so high that I can't imagine that they'll do it to me again.

One of the movies that...

Pros: Solid, Some brilliant scenes
Cons: Very Hard to Follow

Compatriots, This is part of my great August Movie Marathon, eight movies hand selected from my great film mind for me to watch over two days! Check out my user page for links to all the movie reviews and the full story.

First thoughts, I...

Pros: Fast pace shoot 'em up with lots of twists and turns to keep you guessing.
Cons: Excessive violence. Not as bad as GOODFELLAS but definitely no MARY POPPINS!

Gabriel Byrne is not only one of the most prolific actors of the past decade but also one of the most underrated. It has only been in the past few years with his roles in THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK, STIGMATA END OF DAYS that American audiences have...