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By Chris A (1,156) on 28 Jan 2018

An excellent Mortensen performance and a dark story are well supported by Cronenberg. Highlighted by the excellently shot bath house scene…

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By Tim R (1,080) on 20 Dec 2017

*** 'Eastern Promises' is a movie that would appear to have everything: good performances, excellent direction/cinematography, and a proved…

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By Thomas B (1,990) on 20 Dec 2017

*** 'Eastern Promises' is a movie that would appear to have everything: good performances, excellent direction/cinematography, and a proved…

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By Jonathan C (946) on 12 Dec 2017

Nothing interesting for me here. Nothing made me think this was good or entertaining. Bit of a bore. Expected more…

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By Marc Savlov (2,019) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 30 Oct 2017

It's Cronenberg's film, but it's the actors who elevate Eastern Promises from mere thriller to some other, more disturbing plane…

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By Robert Koehler (477) for Cinema Scope (405) on 01 Oct 2017

Eastern Promises is a fascinating case of a film made under the intense gaze of a supreme auteur and written by the separate but equally potent…

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By Glenn Kenny (1,728) for Premiere (771) on 19 Sep 2017

One of Cronenberg's subtlest, most insinuating pictures, and one of the highlights of the year so far…

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By Jon C (1,457) on 13 Sep 2017

Nothing special but great acting from Naomi Watts and Viggo Mortensen about digging into the Russian mafia's underworld…

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By Mark Asch (48) for Stop Smiling (70) on 23 Aug 2017

Knight throws in a twist that scrambles the movie's moral compass so late in the game, so perfunctorily and so pointlessly, as to render any…

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By Scott M (2,584) on 27 Jul 2017

Viggo Mortensen did a good job, but Vincent Cassell is always a standout for me. One of my favorite actors…

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By Charlie D (332) on 20 Jul 2017

I think we can all agree Viggo Mortensen's role was the most favorable part of the film and really tied the bow with that and it being a triumphant…

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By Carlos G (595) on 07 Jul 2017

Its violent and brutally well done. In the truth of drugs human trafficking and so on. Great action thriller…

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By Galvy F (486) on 15 May 2017

Me And My Brother Jesse Will Both Become Filmmakers When We Both Grow Up…

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By Alex K (2,253) on 15 May 2017

Pros: a few violent scenes cons: there are not enough action scenes best bit: I would say the fight in the locker room but aragorn being naked…

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By Andrew M (2,871) on 15 May 2017

Me And My Brother Jesse Will Both Become Filmmakers When We Both Grow Up…

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By Keith Phipps (1,177) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 03 May 2017

An engaging thriller done in the Cronenberg style is still worth anyone's time…

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By Bill B (2,505) on 11 Apr 2017

Cronenberg and Mortensen make another tremendous film together, once again concerned with muddied character motivations and shifting identities…

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By Mark W (2,041) on 30 Mar 2017

With A History of Violence in 2005, David Cronenberg seemed to take his career in a more mainstream direction…

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By Felix W (25) on 27 Mar 2017

Estern Promises is a great drama that inspires and is suspenseful to the very end…

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By Tatsuhito K (750) on 11 Mar 2017

If we are talking about my favorite Cronenberg film, I would choose A History of Violence or The Fly over Eastern Promises…

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