Review of Carlito's Way (1993) by Michael P — 05 Aug 2009

My favorite Pacino Movie!!! Watched it about a million times..IM RELOADED........ OKAYYYYYYY?

This review of Carlito's Way (1993) was written by Michael P on 05 Aug 2009.

Carlito's Way has generally received very positive reviews.

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By John R (2,501) on 21 Apr 2015

Not that different from his Scarface role, Pacino overplays this one too. Love story squeezed in doesn't make any sense…

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By Michael Sragow (1,413) for New Yorker (1,403) on 23 Mar 2015

Penn, with curled hair and wire-rims, makes a brilliant, slippery high-end shyster; his modulated hysteria is amazing…

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Carlito’s Way is perfectly okay entertainment, yet this 2-hour-and-21-minute movie never convinced me it wouldn’t have been every bit as…

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I was thoroughly impressed with Carlito's Way. So far it is my favourite Brian De Palma film alongside Carrie and The Untouchables…

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Pacino and Penn actually complemented each others performance, often distracted by Miller's character's side story…

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Carlito's Way, Brian De Palma's return to the dangerous, violent world of Latino crime, marks yet another advance in the remarkable second…

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By Quentin Curtis (115) for Independent on Sunday (201) on 07 Dec 2017

You expect a fine performance from Pacino, and, with hopeless, hollowed-out eyes, he gives it. You expect the worst from Sean Penn…

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