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Gabriel Byrne
John Turturro
Albert Finney
Marcia Gay Harden
Steve Buscemi
Michael Jeter

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During prohibition, crime bosses rage ware against each other as loyal and betrayal often occur.

11/21/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

A stylish, exciting, and funny mob film.,

Miller's Crossing is probably one of the most under-appreciated films in the Coen Brothers pantheon of classics. This story of double, triple, and quadruple crossing is quite possibly one of the best pieces of cinema ever produced. The writing and timing and pace of the film are flawless. The acting is wonderful by Gabriel Byrne as the main character. With perfect supporting work by Albert Finney, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro, Steve Buscemi, Jon Polito, Mike Starr, Al Mancini, and especially J.E. Freeman as Eddie Dane the ruthless hitman who's onto every move of Gabriel Byrne. Great character development and flowing story keep this really interesting with great scene after great scene. A good score that features the classic Irish folk tune "Oh Danny Boy" in probably one of the best sc...

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3.5/4 

04/23/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Coen Brothers come in at #43......

Perfectly written by the Coen brothers and superbly directed by brother Joel this is one of my favorite all-time Mobster flics that has a tone unlike most gangster movies. Gabriel Byrne and Albert Finney are excellent in the movie as are John Turturro, Steve Buscemi and Michael Jeter and it really is a fine piece of work from the genius filmmakers. My only complaint would be the casting of Marcia Gay Harden, who is a fine and udnerrated actress but in my opinion is not a leading love interest. Still, I have always been a big fan of Byrne's and wish he had done more work and who doesn't like Finney.......great work indeed.

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4/4 

04/22/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

One great character but everything else is bland.

The problem with this film is the bland nature of every character except the crime boss extremely well played by Albert Finney. Albert Finney's character is great and very well played and the best scene in the film involves him. A great scene of shooting with the music of Danny Boy. The problem though he disappears for most of the film. Instead it is about the very boring other characters who are just too blandly played. I had no interest because they read all of their lines in such a stale manner. The story does not interest me because it does not follow the two crime bosses struggle it follows Gabriel Byrne's bland chracters interactions which might have worked if he interacted more with the non bland Albert Finney character. Anyways I did not like the movie but I loved Albert Finney's ...

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2/4 

07/23/2007 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Close to Usual Suspects

I thought it was pretty good. One of the most original gangster movies of its time. Byrne makes the movie so if you don't really enjoy his character, you probably wont enjoy the movie that much. I liked the character, however, so I think it compares very favorably to the usual suspects and is better in many ways despite the blockbuster cast of suspects.

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4/4