The Yards (Blu-ray) R

He's the target of the most merciless family in New York. His own.
The Yards (Blu-ray)
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Blu-ray Details

  • Rated: R
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 54 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region A
  • Released: March 3, 2015
  • Originally Released: 2000
  • Label: Lions Gate

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 8,967
Rating: 3/4 -- Understatement is something that one would not normally associate with such a pulpy tale, but that's what makes Gray's film surprisingly effective. Full Review
TheMovieReport.com
Oct 14, 2007
Rating: 3/4 -- Writer/director James Gray tells the story with an impressive urban palate. Full Review
Combustible Celluloid
Jul 28, 2006
This tragic tale of a punk from Queens who's released from prison and looking for honest work has a hypnotic feel to it, and nice performances by a stellar cast...
Premiere
Mar 1, 2006
Rating: 2.5/4 -- ...the filmmaker's use of dark visuals effectively matches the moody, almost operatic tone of the script. Full Review
Reel Film Reviews
Oct 30, 2007
Rating: 3.5/5 -- A serious film that strives for a moral complexity and a textural density rarely found in contemporary dramas.
New York Times
Jan 1, 2000
...[Phoenix] makes a compelling, complex villain....[CAAN] brings in mythic notes from THE GODFATHER...
Rolling Stone
Nov 9, 2000
...Gray's straightforward storytelling is a tonic....[His] actors do full honor to his vision...
Premiere
Nov 1, 2000

Product Description:

Director James Gray's second film is a dark and atmospheric exploration of the corruption that lies underneath both the surface of a New York City railway manufacturing company and the family that runs it. Mark Wahlberg turns in an impressive and quietly intense performance as Leo, a 24-year-old who has just been released from prison and is in need of a job. Leo gets a job working for his uncle Frank (James Caan) in the railway business, where his best friend, Willie (Joaquin Phoenix), shows him how to bribe politicians by day and sabotage the competition's work by night. Almost immediately Leo and Willie run into trouble when they go down to the railway yards to damage their competitor's work. Leo is soon on the run, hunted for a murder that Willie committed.

Gray's THE YARDS shows the obvious influence of Francis Ford Coppola's seminal GODFATHER films as he emphasizes that his characters inhabit two worlds, one that follows the shifting morality of their businesses, the other centering around traditional family life. Aided immeasurably by its outstanding cast, stylish visual sense, and a lush, dissonant score, THE YARDS is a gripping and intensely moving film that fully lives up to its own ambitions.

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