Review of The Yards

The Yards (2000)
2/10
**WARNING: SPOILER!** Pretentious Film
30 July 2001
Warning: Spoilers
Gosh! What a cast! All the "names" from the 60s! Caan, Burstyn, Dunaway... and all the red-hots from now! Wahlberg, Theron, Joaquin Phoenix! But, what a dud! One word for this wannbe film: boring. Wahlberg looks either confused or uninterested. Caan looks like his replaying Sonny from the Godfather, Dunaway and Burstyn are underused and frankly, Charlize Theron is cute but uninspiring. I could go on and on...but why bother? The opening review hit the nail on the head. Give good actors a lousy, poorly written script and you come up with a lousy movie. None of the characters either spark interest or generate sympathy. The themes of corruption can not in themselves generate a good story. The characters here move along like cardboard cut-outs. This is a very disappointing film.
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