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By Jeff Vice (1,455) for Deseret News (Salt Lake City) (1) on 01 Nov 2007

Director Ridley Scott and screenwriter Steve Zaillian try to develop each character equally, though it's really Washington's charismatic crook…

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By Josh Bell (1,421) for Las Vegas Weekly (1,340) on 01 Nov 2007

If it's not Scott's Godfather, it's certainly as close as he's ever going to get…

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By Josh Larsen (2,042) for Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (630) on 01 Nov 2007

What are the chances you would leave a movie starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe shrugging your shoulders…

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By Joshua Rothkopf (1,058) for Time Out (7,510) on 01 Nov 2007

Ridley Scott is the weak link; he's never made a film this for-hire. Even Scott's signature misted atmosphere is absent…

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By Christy Lemire (1,262) for Associated Press (1,685) on 31 Oct 2007

Washington, as real-life heroin kingpin Frank Lucas, and Crowe, as detective Richie Roberts, are on a collision course with one another that's…

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By Andrew Wright (312) for The Stranger (Seattle, WA) (891) on 31 Oct 2007

Everyone involved seems to be coasting…

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By Armond White (604) for New York Press (561) on 31 Oct 2007

American Gangster's simultaneous celebration of crime, punishment and upward mobility should be titled Cry Capitalism…

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By Andrew Sarris (502) for New York Observer (1,400) on 31 Oct 2007

One must applaud American Gangster as the kind of socko entertainment many people thought Hollywood filmmakers had become incapable of…

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By Susan Granger (2,214) for www.susangranger.com (329) on 29 Oct 2007

Well-crafted but eerily familiar....while they were making it, the crew dubbed it, Superfly meets Serpico…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Ebert & Roeper (629) on 29 Oct 2007

There is not one dull or inauthentic moment in this film…

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By Scott A. Mantz (197) for Scott Mantz' Movie Reviews (101) on 25 Oct 2007

Talk about a match made in heaven -- does it get any better than Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe and director Ridley Scott…

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By Joshua Tyler (625) for CinemaBlend.com (1,378) on 25 Oct 2007

Two and a half hours is excessive for a film that's barely better than a mildly acceptable diversion…

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By Danny Minton (313) for Beaumont Journal (131) on 24 Oct 2007

Not since the 70s have we seen such a gritty and intense crime drama…

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By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 18 Oct 2007

Under Scott's bravura helming, this sprawling saga, combining the best elements of the classic crime-gangster genre with a fact-based drama…

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By Harvey S. Karten (2,210) for Compuserve (1,948) on 09 Oct 2007

Ridley Scott deftly contrasts the character of his two principals, demonstrating that the drug underworld is organized like legit corporations,…

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By Edward Douglas (1,395) for ComingSoon.net (2,031) on 09 Oct 2007

An entertaining, masterfully-crafted crime flick even if it isn't altogether original or groundbreaking compared to Ridley Scott's classic films…

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By Anton Bitel (1,340) for Eye for Film (1,537) on 24 Sep 2007

It is as though Scott, like his protagonist Frank, has gone back to source, bringing viewers the most refined product available…

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