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A Balasaur Score of 75 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 89%, Metacritic 79/100. Scores higher than 89% of the 1,553 2010s crime movies in this catalog. Streaming on Max.
Synopsis
A thriller set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city's history, and centered on the lives of an immigrant and his family trying to expand their business and capitalize on opportunities as the rampant violence, decay, and corruption of the day drag them in and threaten to destroy all they have built.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes89%
Metacritic79/100
1,580 audience votes
Key crew
- J.C. ChandorDirector
- Alex EbertOriginal Music Composer
- J.C. ChandorWriter
Cast
- Oscar IsaacAbel Morales
- Jessica ChastainAnna Morales
- David OyelowoD.A. Lawrence
- Alessandro NivolaPeter Forente
- Elyes GabelJulian
- Albert BrooksAndrew Walsh
- Catalina Sandino MorenoLuisa
- Peter GeretyBill O'Leary
- Christopher AbbottLouis Servidio
- Glenn FleshlerArnold Kline
- David MarguliesSaul Lefkowitz
- Jerry AdlerJoseph Mendelsohn
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Themes
new york cityimmigranthusband wife relationshipcorruptioncapitalismwinteramerican dreambusiness ethicstruckoillawyerloan shark
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