Review of Federal Hill (1995) by Paul D — 11 May 2008

Quite a moody effort from the American Italian subcultural brand. It's thoughtful, but not remarkable.

This review of Federal Hill (1995) was written by Paul D on 11 May 2008.

Federal Hill has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 13 Feb 2001

There is nothing terribly different or exciting about what he shows us; the film is gripping in a conventional, formulaic way…

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By Michael T (3,420) on 20 Oct 2008

I suppose I had to watch this movie at some point since it takes place in my neighborhood. Goddamn was this town a shithole in the 90's…

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By Hal Hinson (447) for Washington Post (9,851) on 01 Jan 2000

Though Corrente, who wrote, produced and directed this debut feature, displays a sure, confident hand, his style and sensibility aren't singular…

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By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 27 Sep 2007

Corrente's handling of class divisions (one of the heroes starts seeing a Brown University senior he sells cocaine to) and the body language…

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By Private U (13,627) on 18 Sep 2007

Had some good parts in it...acting was alittle cheap tho…

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By Lee M (4,001) on 20 Oct 2008

I suppose I had to watch this movie at some point since it takes place in my neighborhood. Goddamn was this town a shithole in the 90's…

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By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 28 Apr 2011

Federal Hill is like Scorsese's Mean Streets of Rhode Island, with the same focus on male camaraderie, its merits and its price…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 01 Jan 2000

The movie has a good ear for the way the characters talk, dress, move and live; it's another Italian-American slice-of-life, well acted and directed…

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By David Stratton (799) for Variety (12,700) on 27 Sep 2007

Producer-director-scripter Michael Corrente manages to bring freshness to basically derivative material in Federal Hill, thanks to a number…

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