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01/01/00
The Devil's Own (1997)
28 %
Reviews Counted: 32 Fresh: 9 Rotten:23 Average Rating: 5.2/10
Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins
Synopsis: THE DEVIL'S OWN is an intelligent suspense thriller by award-winning director Alan J. Pakula. Francis "Frankie" McGuire (Brad Pitt) is an IRA terrorist fueled by the need to avenge his father's execution, which he witnessed as a child in Belfast, Northern Ireland. McGuire comes to New York... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Harrison Ford, Brad Pitt, Ruben Blades, Treat Williams, Natascha McElhone
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Screenwriter: David Cohen, Vincent Patrick, Kevin Jarre
Producer: Lloyd Levin, Donald Laventhall
Composer: James Horner
Screenwriter: David Cohen, Vincent Patrick, Kevin Jarre
Producer: Lloyd Levin, Donald Laventhall
Composer: James Horner
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Finally just another schoolmarmish prestige piece touting America's moral superiority
07/16/08
What's left is a lot of moral grappling, not all of which has one iota of relevance to the plot.
07/30/07
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06/24/06
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The line 'This is not an American story, it's an Irish one' means nothing ... it is a story as American as McNuggets -- all extra-crispy coating and no real meat underneath.
12/06/04
Unjustly dismissed and really quite watchable, despite Brad Pitt's silly Irish accent.
01/16/03
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10/15/02
Revolves around two men whose passionate commitment to justice puts them on a collision course.
08/21/02
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