Review of Bringing Out the Dead (1999) by Ken S — 30 Dec 2013

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 Ken S on 30 Dec 2013.

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