Citizen GangsterMovie Reviews

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  • 75
    The Globe and Mail (Toronto) | Liam Lacey

    Morlando's approach, influenced by interviews with the real Boyd in his old age, is cerebral and melancholic. The tone is more foreboding than suspenseful. Read full review

  • 67
    The A.V. Club |

    It feels like Morlando is juggling two movies at a time. And only one of them works really well-the one about a disaffected workaday vet avenging himself on the banality of his daily grind. Read full review

  • 60
    Time Out New York |

    Writer-director Nathan Morlando leeches every last bit of color from the frame, until the world around Boyd looks so dreary and drab you can almost understand his desire to liven the place up with a little theatrical mayhem. Read full review

  • 60
    Village Voice |

    First-time writer-director Nathan Morlando shows commendable focus (even Cox dials it down), and his movie's modest aspirations nicely reflect the condition in which Boyd, his damaged charisma spent, finally thrives. Read full review

  • 60
    Los Angeles Times | Gary Goldstein

    To his credit, writer-director Nathan Morlando has crafted a stylishly shot and evocatively designed period piece. But it's the dashing, quietly charismatic Speedman who proves the main draw, holding our attention even when the movie doesn't. Read full review

  • 50
    Slant Magazine | Nick Schager

    Its commentary on our fascination with law-breakers is virtually nonexistent, except to the extent that the film itself revels in the doomed romanticism of its own protagonist. Read full review

  • 50
    New York Observer | Rex Reed

    As good as Citizen Gangster is, it would be even better if you could understand the dialogue. Read full review

  • 50
    The New York Times | Jeannette Catsoulis

    A good-looking but passionless affair that remains stubbornly aloof from its audience. Read full review

  • 50
    New York Post |

    Doreen's scenes are meant to highlight the cost to the people surrounding Eddie. But the many efforts to link his psyche to his war experiences never gel, and Eddie remains a wraith, his real emotions as pallid as the film's colors. Read full review

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