The Yards

Taut direction and good acting from Joaquin Phoenix, James Caan, and Faye Dunaway make this a memorable film. Mark Wahlberg and Charlize Theron are too young and inexperienced to carry off their roles, , but their is a cameo by singer... Full review

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just finished watching it in our local TV.i liked it .I like Mr.Wahlberg sooooooo much(i alway ask my self why he does't take his chance to be the main actor in an important movie,in my openion he deserves much more than... Full review

Not much action but that's o.k. for some movies like this one. Mark Wahlberg is the man and he shows it in this. i wish they would have taken out 1 scene though i mean did i really need to see... Full review

What is interesting about Grey's picture is the use of understatement to emphasize the complexity of negotiated relationships in the New York world where mob business and city administration intersect. Wahlberg's comparative lack of expressiveness suits his role as a... Full review

Phoenix and Theron were but young actors in 2000 and they were teamed with some seasoned folks as Caan, Dunaway and Burnstyn. So naturally, who gets to take their cloths off, even if they are not closeups. Phoenix's butt shot is... Full review

The cast and acting in this crime/drama is great, but the actors are let down by a melodramatic script that is too busy. "The Yards" is a character-driven story, but the problem is that the script has too many subplots... Full review

I was desappointed when i saw Charlize in such a bad movie and not only her and WAhlberg Dunaway Phoenix Caan.DO NOT WATCH this s**t!... Full review

The yards is a film about the shady on-goings of the contractors in New York City who work to rebuild the city's subway cars. Underneath the suits are ruthless mean trying to get ahead in the busines by whatever means... Full review

The Yards is simply one of those classic movies rare to find these days. Unfortunately it hasn't achieved much success (At least in my country), and that's a crying shame. I really can't see why, because it's got everything that... Full review

Joaquin Phoenix's most recent movie director feels responsible for his bizarre career change. As the laughter grew louder, an upset-looking Joaquin insisted: "I am serious about this. ... Full Review

The Yards" manages to build genuine tension with all the makings of a great film -- a strong premise, a phenomenal cast, and a gifted director. The Yards" is, without a doubt, a good movie, but with a general premise that has been done before and done better , being merely 'good' might not be enough to cut it. ... Full Review

The movie is fairly predictable and towards the end a trifle perfunctory. But there's no glamorous varnish on the events, the mood is doom-laden (the score includes a version of 'Saturn' from Holst's Planet Suite) and a formidable cast bury themselves in their unglamorous roles. ... Full Review

It is an absorbing subject, even if the first-rate cast seems to be held in check by director and co-writer James Gray's low-key, unrelenting naturalism. The shadows extend to the makeup-darkened eyelids of Charlize Theron, who brings tough-girl good looks to the role of Phoenix's girlfriend. ... Full Review

Oddly, the crime drama is less compelling than the family drama.....a great, complex performance....Dunaway is also a former "It" girl with actual and considerable talent..... ... Full Review

There's a scene in Two Lovers , the melancholy mating game drama by writer/director James Gray, that is charged with the same brand of voyeuristic eroticism on display in Atlantic City . ... Full Article

"The Yards" stars Joaquin Phoenix and Mark Wahlberg are set to re-team in "We Own the Night," a James Gray-directed drama that will shoot in New York in March, according to Variety. ... Full Article

In the best film noir, theres always a sense of doom as the story tightens its grip on the lead and mercilessly pulls him back into the darkness. ... Full Article

Talk about your true grit--"The Yards" is so gritty you can pick cinders out of your teeth as you watch it. That sulfurous smell: Maybe it's in your imagination, but it seems to be wafting out of the screen. ... Full Article

After being imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit, Leo Handler just wants to get his life back on track, so he heads home to take a job in the New York City subway yards, where his highly connected Uncle... ... Full Article

When a film has as oppressively drab a tone to it as "The Yards" does, it's hard to have much hope when a character says, in the first scene, "From now on, we're going to have nothing but good times." ... Full Article