Critic Reviews
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Todd McCarthy, Variety
An On the Waterfront wannabe, directed with a heavy portentousness that smothers the drama in a thick sauce of self-importance.
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Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
I can't remember when a film so well-acted and so well-rendered visually was also so oppressive to sit through.
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
It's that [moral] ambiguity that makes the film interesting.
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Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
After a point, The Yards crosses the line from portentously atmospheric to merely dolorous.
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Jay Carr, Boston Globe
By the end, we're left with a feeling of depletion rather than resolution.
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Cast
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Mark Wahlbergas Leo Handler -
Joaquin Phoenixas Willie Guitierrez -
Charlize Theronas Erica Stoltz
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James Caanas Frank Olchin -
Ellen Burstynas Val Handler -
Faye Dunawayas Kitty Olchin
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