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By Keith Uhlich (870) for Time Out (7,510) on 09 Jan 2013

Though based partly on actual events, Ruben Fleischer's ludicrous shoot-'em-up plays fast and loose with the facts, and plenty else besides…

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By Nathan Rabin (1,078) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 09 Jan 2013

Gangster Squad aims for the pop-operatic intensity of The Untouchables, but ends up feeling like a savage, simple-minded comic strip…

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By Josh Bell (1,421) for Las Vegas Weekly (1,340) on 09 Jan 2013

More of a cartoon than a history lesson, and about as close to the reality of organized crime in the 1940s as a Dick Tracy comic strip…

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By Alonso Duralde (1,351) for TheWrap (3,203) on 09 Jan 2013

If nothing else, it's way better than you'd expect any movie released by a major studio in January would ever be…

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By Devin Faraci (498) for Birth.Movies.Death. (774) on 09 Jan 2013

A pulpy movie made by people who only know pulp from reading about it in movie reviews. It's the grim n' gritty version of DICK TRACY…

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By Randy Myers (265) for San Jose Mercury News (757) on 09 Jan 2013

As they'd say back in the day: Sweetheart, give me rewrite…

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By Rob Carnevale (227) for The List (2,018) on 09 Jan 2013

While easy on the eye and enjoyable for the most part, especially when Gosling occupies the screen, Gangster Squad has a few too many flaws…

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By Staci Layne Wilson (667) for Yahoo! Movies (43) on 09 Jan 2013

While it is true Gangster Squad could not quite hold its balance between over the top camp ala Dick Tracy and taking itself as seriously as…

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By Matt Singer (625) for ScreenCrush (954) on 09 Jan 2013

Gloss with nothing beneath the shiny surfaces…

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By Tim Evans (725) for Sky Cinema (1,726) on 09 Jan 2013

It might not be much easier to buy than a 1950s True Detective comic, but this is as slick and explosive as a barrel of high-octane hair oil…

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By Stefan Pape (613) for HeyUGuys (1,461) on 09 Jan 2013

As long as you take Gangster Squad for what it is and view it as the light-hearted (albeit very violent) drama that it's intended to be, you're…

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By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 09 Jan 2013

If L.A…

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By Rex Reed (1,506) for Observer (1,042) on 08 Jan 2013

The best thing about Gangster Squad is how they got the 1940s accoutrements right…

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By Nick Pinkerton (448) for Village Voice (8,525) on 08 Jan 2013

The proximity of horrible headlines scarcely matters - released on any day of any calendar year, Gangster Squad would be a crime against cinematic…

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By Charlie Schmidlin (51) for The Playlist (3,871) on 08 Jan 2013

In lieu of any sharp insight into the period and its notorious figures, the film's brash, ultraviolent encounters instead build a showy exterior…

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By Glenn Heath Jr. (311) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 08 Jan 2013

Ruben Fleischer's film is a perfect example of Hollywood hypocrisy, something to be ignored diligently…

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By Joanna Langfield (398) for The Movie Minute (398) on 08 Jan 2013

Terrific actors, an irresistible story: so how come this pulpy shoot-em-up never equals the sum of its oh so snazzy parts…

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By Marshall Fine (1,011) for Hollywood & Fine (854) on 08 Jan 2013

Making an homage to 40s gangster films isn't the same as making a derivative and slight piece of entertainment, which is what this bloody,…

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By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 08 Jan 2013

To a very large extent, Gangster Squad achieves its objectives as a patriotic flag waving for the honest men and women of the police force…

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By Peter Debruge (1,557) for Variety (12,700) on 07 Jan 2013

The cops play things as dirty as the crooks in Gangster Squad, an impressively pulpy underworld-plunger that embellishes on a 1949 showdown…

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