Review of Bringing Out the Dead (1999) by Jeffrey P — 09 May 2008

Underrated Scorcese effort. IMO, the last REAL Scorcese film before he moved into bloated epics and DiCraprio worship.

This review of Bringing Out the Dead (1999) was written by Jeffrey P on 09 May 2008.

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