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Blood Ties
Directed by
Guillaume Canet
2013
2h 8m
R
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6.5
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Two brothers on either side of the law face off over organized crime in Brooklyn during the 1970s.
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Cast of Blood Ties
Clive Owen
Chris Pierzynski
Billy Crudup
Frank
Marion Cotillard
Monica
Mila Kunis
Natalie
Zoe Saldaña
Vanessa
Matthias Schoenaerts
Anthony Scarfo
James Caan
Leon
Noah Emmerich
Lt. Colon
Lili Taylor
Marie
Domenick Lombardozzi
Mike
John Ventimiglia
Valenti
Griffin Dunne
McNally
Jamie Hector
Nick
Yul Vazquez
Fabio De Soto
Eve Hewson
Yvonne
Daisy Tahan
Robin
Richard Petrocelli
Romero
Olek Krupa
Tommy
Anais Lee
Janie
Mirabelle Lee
Janie
Mark Mahoney
Louis
Joseph Mesiano
Partenza
Jon Goracy
Mechanic / Witness
Philipp Christopher
Vincent
Brendan Burke
Marco
Charlie Tahan
Michael
Angelica Boccella
The Girl
Chris Fischer
Police Officer Norm
Tom Greer
Policeman 50's
Audrey Amey
Policewoman
John Joseph Gallagher
Head Internal Affairs
Austin Williams
Young Chris
Ron Crawford
Old Man
Mike Houston
Policeman #2
Eli Tokash
Young Frank
Julian Gamble
Jack Wheeler
Dominik Tiefenthaler
Ruby Bartender
T.J. Kenneally
Ryan Smith
Anthony Alessandro
Fake Cop
Heather Litteer
Bored Hooker #1
Craig 'Radioman' Castaldo
Park Goer
Stacey Maltin
Prostitute (uncredited)
Blood Ties Reviews
RogerEbert.com
Glenn Kenny
If you're an ardent admirer of pretty much anyone in the cast (OK, except Emmerich), you'll find something worthwhile here.
Detroit News
Tom Long
The performers carry on - Owen is particularly good - but this bird doesn't fly.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Tirdad Derakhshani
An ambitious, if disappointing, period crime drama featuring Clive Owen and Billy Crudup as warring brothers on opposite sides of the law.
AV Club
Jesse Hassenger
Blood Ties comes off as a weird, misshapen version of a '70s-style thriller-almost as if it's lacking contemporary examples to follow.
New York Post
Sara Stewart
It all feels so familiar, from the beleaguered female characters, to the scene-setting anthems ("New York Groove" is well-used, admittedly), to the predictable eruptions of violence.
New York Daily News
Joe Neumaier
Fine actors are let down by a comatose script and wayward direction in this retro crime drama.
Newsday
John Anderson
Intriguing performances, and a sense of '70s American cinema that seems to have been preserved in a lava lamp.
Slant Magazine
Abhimanyu Das
Jame Gray and the ghost of Sidney Lumet are just along for the ride, adding a grimy layer of old-school New York scuzz to a film that's too overstuffed, fractured, and redolent with clich to every compellingly hang together.
The Dissolve
Jordan Hoffman
There's a lot of sizzle with this steak, but it can't hide the fact that this particular hunk of meat has been chewed a hundred times before.
Slant Magazine
Drew Hunt
The film exhibits strong character interplay and resides in an unconventional milieu, in effect turning rote material into something that feels decidedly eccentric.
Village Voice
Michael Nordine
Seems to be the continuation of a narrative that only exists in its characters' heads.
New York Times
Stephen Holden
[A] his laborious, tonally wobbly attempt at an American crime epic.
Nerdist
Witney Seibold
Blood Ties, a long-reaching crime epic, possesses all the earmarks of a mellowed-out Scorsese, complete with its bracing, grimy aesthetic, slowed down pace, gentle meting of information, and occasional explosions of extreme violence.
Variety
Scott Foundas
A sluggish, dramatically undernourished saga.
IGN Movies
Matt Patches
Visually a throwback to the era of Sidney Lumet's NYC crime dramas of the 1970s, the slow-moving Blood Ties features fine performances from Clive Owen and Billy Crudup, but wastes Marion Cotillard, Zoe Saldana, and Mila Kunis.
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
Blood Ties, in the guise of a crime thriller, creates a panorama of broken lives trying to put themselves back together.
Blu-ray.com
Brian Orndorf
Reaches for an epic sweep of criminal desires and tortured decisions, and while it doesn't quite achieve everything it sets out to do, the basics are handled with care by Canet, who has a clear affinity for the actors and the era.
Los Angeles Times
Gary Goldstein
There's a heft to the proceedings that keeps us invested even when the story's various strands start to unravel.
Hollywood Reporter
Todd McCarthy
This overlong and anemic drama features an impressive cast but is too inert to catch on with critics or audiences.
Metro
Matt Prigge
This is a deeply flawed, easy-to-write-off movie. But one day in the future it might even be viewed as very good.
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