State of Grace

Don't know how Yahoo Listings could leave out the incredable performance of Micky Rourk as the psychopathic brother of the crime boss.... Full review

Love him or hate him, Sean Penn is phenomenal in this one. As good as he is, Gary Oldman steals the whole movie. Throw in Ed Harris, who is one of Hollywood's most underappreciated actors, John Turturro, who still looks the... Full review

Once in a while a movie comes along that is a gift for an actor. It is like a golden opportunity that has been given to them, but there is a catch… they have to deliver. Three actors were given... Full review

For anyone who is a true movie fan out there and who wants to see an amazing movie needs to see this. The performances are amazing and so is the story line. Penn is outstanding and Oldman is at his best.... Full review

this movie will make you jump, cry and laugh, Sean Penn is at his best in this role where a friend helps out his gangster past neighborhood into a fix, while going undercover.... Full review

gary oldman tried too hard and in the end ended up overacting, maybe to compensate for sean penn who looked like he didn't care about being there....just like he was knocking out a movie to capitalize on his name. was not... Full review

This is one of Sean Penn's better movies and it really has an all star cast. The love scene drags a little bit but other than that it is a good film.... Full review

I'm shocked that I've been a film fan for many years, and have only just seen this gem! In a world where The Godfather and Goodfellas are at the top of most people's lists of favourites, it's hard to believe... Full review

The credits have just begun rolling on what has been my 7th full viewing of State of Grace. (This number doesn't count the times I've watched it after having missed some portion of the film.) I first saw this film... Full review

OF course Oldman did a great job in this,, he fits the part perfectly..i think this movie is just strong and tells a good story.not to unbelievable in its story. if your looking for a movie with good performances that is... Full review

His finest film, however, remains the absorbing 1990 thriller State Of Grace , which features rampaging performances from supreme Alpha Males Sean Penn, Gary Oldman and Ed Harris.....Penn is prodigal bad boy Terry Noonan, who returns to his ragged home of Hell's Kitchen in New York City....filled with great Actors Studio-type performances.... ... Full Review

In State of Grace , he works so hard to make every moment powerful that the film seems rooted less in real life than in other movies. State of Grace is a contemporary gangland drama that might have been scripted in narcissistic-actor heaven: It's full of big, showy scenes in which the performers get to curse and fight and stumble through bars in a state of glamorous dishevelment. ... Full Review

Verdict A powerful, gritty, life-of-crime thriller that showcases its charismatic cast to impressive effect. Sean Penn, Gary Oldman, Ed Harris and John Turturro star in Phil Joanou's 1990 drama about Irish-American gangsters in New York Terry Noonan (Penn) is the prodigal son returning to the old neighbourhood to rekindle his friendship with Jackie (Oldman), a crazy killer who's raddled his brains on drugs and drink. ... Full Review

You are therefore wise to read no other review but this! There are few more affecting moments in this overlong but impressively shot film, which ends in showy slow-mo when the Wild Bunch is let loose on the Mean Streets in a not unexpected bloodbath. ... Full Review

The movie is so sincere and confused in its values that it mirrors the goofy loyalties and violent pathology of its characters. Since a great deal of what happens in "State of Grace" depends on an important secret that it not revealed until the second half of the movie, I will have to tread gingerly around some of the details. ... Full Review

Final Analysis and Heavens Prisoners have ensured that Phil Joanou is now regarded (if hes regarded at all) as a Hollywood nearly man. But when the Rattle And Hum director made his major fictional bow with this 1990 gangster flick,... ... Full Article

He has directed such difficult stars as Kim Basinger, Sean Penn, and the members of U2. But now filmmaker Phil Joanou (Final Analysis, State of Grace, Rattle and Hum) is dealing with some really unruly characters: The 19 soon-to- be-famous... ... Full Article

Whenever people appear on screen in this Mean Streets of the Irish Mafia ( Green Streets ?) you expect them to sing. After all, the movie was made by a director (Phil Joanou, who did the U2 movie, Rattle and... ... Full Article

Gary Oldman, a summa cum laude graduate of the Mickey Rourke School of Beauty and Bad Acting, pits his madness against Sean Penn's method in "State of Grace," a wild Irish blood bath set in what's left of Hell's Kitchen. ... Full Article

This directorial effort from Phil Joanou stars Sean Penn as an Irish-American undercover cop working the Hell's Kitchen beat. Penn is ostensibly on a sentimental journey to his old neighborhood. ... Full Article

From Amazon : Overshadowed by GoodFellas when it was released in 1990, State of Grace gradually emerged as one of the best New York gangster films of its decade. ... Full Article