Review: The Yards
There is a sad, tender quality in " The Yards " I couldn't put my finger on, until I learned that the director's father inspired one of the ...
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert - 10/20/00
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The Ex-Con Is Determined to Go Straight, but . . .
The NY Times review of The Yards, a James Gray film starring Mark Wahlberg and Joaquin Phoenix. The Yards movie trailer, showtimes, ...
The New York Times - Stephen Holden - 10/20/00
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Review: The Yards
Reality is overrated. Or, at least, that's the sentiment many viewers will express after watching The Yards , director James Gray's lackluster ...
Reelviews - James Berardinelli
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Screenplay sends Yards off the rails
There is a good idea hiding somewhere deep inside James Gray's The Yards, which may account for its selection to prestigious film festivals such ...
Canoe.ca - BRUCE KIRKLAND
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Wahlberg provides realism to 'The Yards'
Young Leo Handler (Mark Wahlberg) sits warily in a subway car that is taking him back to the city after a stretch in prison for conviction on auto ...
Canoe.ca - BOB THOMAS - 10/20/00
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Review: YARDS, THE
This melancholy crime thriller is suffused with a sense of foreboding before you know a thing about the shady dealings in which its characters ...
TV Guide - Maitland McDonagh
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BBC - Films - review - The Yards
A noir-ish crime thriller set in the shady world of contractsand corruption on the New York subways. Director James Gray 's "The Yards" is a ...
BBC - Matt Ford
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Review: The Yards
Hollywood seems to be having an October sale on botched movies. Self-importance sinks this one like a stone. Mark Wahlberg stars as Leo Handler, ...
Rolling Stone - Editorial Review
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Review: The Yards
The Yards begins with a rebirth of sorts. A subway train emerges from a tunnel into daylight. It is carrying Leo Handler (Mark Wahlberg) out of ...
FilmCritic.com - Norm Schrager
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Review: The Yards
Joaquin Phoenix and Mark Wahlberg in The Yards. Bad-boy Joaquin Phoenix delivers a gritty, controlled performance in this spare, noir-ish drama ...
Palo Alto Online - Jeanne Aufmuth
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Review: The Yards
When a film has as oppressively drab a tone to it as "The Yards" does, it's hard to have much hope when a character says, in the first scene, ...
EricDSnider.com - Eric D. Snider
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JoBlo's movie review of The Yards: Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix, Charlize Theron
This is a decent morality tale strapped to a very dark and depressing setting, ultimately salvaged by many top-notch performances. ...
JoBlo's Movie Emporium - Berge Garabedian
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THE YARDS Film Review
It has been six years since James Gray's promising and precocious feature debut "Little Odessa." Now 30, Gray returns with his eagerly awaited ...
Boxoffice Online - Lael Loewenstein
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Review: The Yards
Better in execution than in content, and Gray will be a name to watch once his talents are allied to a better screenplay, for he is undoubtedly a ...
Empire Online - Angie Errigo
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Review: Yards, The (2000)
YARDS, THE (director/writer: James Gray; screenwriter: Matt Reeves; cinematographer: Harris Savides; editor: Jeffrey Ford; music: Howard Shore; ...
rec.arts.movies.reviews - Dennis Schwartz - 03/11/02
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Review: The Yards (2000)
It s been 27 years since The Exorcist forever changed the nation s perception of pea soup. The film, which was nominated for 10 Oscars, ...
rec.arts.movies.reviews - Jon Popick - 10/13/00
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Review: The Yards (2000)
filmcritic.com presents a review from staff member Norm Schrager. You can find the review with full credits at ...
rec.arts.movies.reviews - Norm Schrager - 09/21/00
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Review: The Yards (2000)
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix, Charlize Theron, James Caan, Ellen Burstyn, Faye Dunaway, Andrew Davoli, Steve Lawrence, Tony Musante, ...
rec.arts.movies.reviews - Harvey S. Karten - 10/11/00
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Review: The Yards (2000)
THE YARDS (2000) ***1/2 Directed by James Gray. Written by Gray and Matt Reeves. Photography, Harris Savides. Editing, Jeff Ford. ...
rec.arts.movies.reviews - edwin jahiel - 11/30/00
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Review: The Yards (2000)
THE YARDS, by director James Gray (LITTLE ODESSA), is a keenly observant film about a pair of two-bit hoods who accidentally get in way over their ...
rec.arts.movies.reviews - Steve Rhodes - 10/12/00
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Review: The Yards (2000)
"Code of Silence" or "Honor Among Thieves" -- not that these are very exciting alternate titles, but then "The Yards" isn't hard to beat. ...
rec.arts.movies.reviews - Ross Anthony - 10/13/00
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Excellent
I thought this movie was excellent. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Mark Wahlberg has come a long way since his singing career. ...
Boxoffice Online - Chris Cleary
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Review: The Yards
What sa New York story without corruption, conflicting loyalties and betrayal? In his second feature, co-writer and director James Gray revisits ...
Empire Online - Angie Errigo
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