
Terry Noonan returns home to New York's Hells Kitchen after a ten year absence. He soon hooks up with childhood pal Jackie who is involved in the Irish mob run by his brother Frankie. Terry also rekindles an old flame with Jackie's sister Kathleen. Soon, however, Terry is torn between his loyalty to his friends and his loyalties to others.... (Full plot summary below)
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Terry Noonan returns home to New York's Hells Kitchen after a ten year absence. He soon hooks up with childhood pal Jackie who is involved in the Irish mob run by his brother Frankie. Terry also rekindles an old flame with Jackie's sister Kathleen. Soon, however, Terry is torn between his loyalty to his friends and his loyalties to others.
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| VarietyVariety StaffA handsomely produced, mostly riveting, but ultimately overlong and overindulgent gangster picture. |
| Creative LoafingMatt BrunsonIt's (mob) business as usual, elevated by some deft plotting and sharp dialogue from scripter Dennis McIntyre and forceful turns by all the principals, particularly Gary Oldman as a twitchy live wire who's fiercely loyal to friends and family. |
| sbs.com.auDon GrovesSuperior gangland drama with a nod to Scorsese |
| New York TimesJanet MaslinMr. Oldman gives an electrifying performance that both establishes a tragic, terrifying character and explains why that character's world is such a perilous place. |
| Washington PostRita KempleyThe blarney and bohunkery builds to a shaky apex of nothingness, then ends with a slaughter in slo-motion, a romantic ode of blood, bullets and body parts. |
| The SkinnyRoss McIndoeJoanou is no Scorsese but he successfully builds a satisfying crime flick around Oldman's electrifying performance. |
| The Seattle TimesMichael UpchurchWith coolly expressive cinematography by Jordan Cronenweth and an insinuating Ennio Morricone score, State of Grace has a somber and chilling tone that is only occasionally breached. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThe movie has been shot with a pleasingly overripe visual flair, and on its own terms it’s fairly entertaining. Yet it isn’t about anything so much as its own explosiveness. |
| NewsweekDavid AnsenThe movie is so sincere and confused in its values that it mirrors the goofy loyalties and violent pathology of its characters. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatCharts the territory of lawlessness, betrayal and violence. |