New York Daily NewsFleischer's noir-influenced focus on O'Mara and Cohen offers hints of interesting commentary about Hollywood's historical vi...
The Boston GlobeIt's almost terrible. It's almost entertaining. But it's missing the shameless insanity of a wonderfully bad movie, and the ...
Rolling StoneGangster Squad is a mob epic that flushes a classy cast (Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone) down the sinkhole...
The Philadelphia InquirerGangster Squad's violence has a graphic, contemporary feel that's at odds with the vintage crime pics the film wants to cele...
Salon ArtsA complete whitewashing of one of the most vicious and racist paramilitary organizations in American history: the Los Angele...
Los Angeles TimesWhen the gun smoke clears, the body count is finished and the blood is mopped up, Gangster Squad is little more than another...
The New York TimesGangster Squad would have been more fun as an animated feature, with fanciful animals in the principal roles.
USA TodayA bullet-riddled bloodbath with an all-star cast, Gangster Squad is a lurid and ludicrous Mob thriller that glorifies a gang...
Washington PostSlick, sick, self-consciously stylish and defiantly shallow, Gangster Squad is one of those movies you can't talk about with...
San Francisco ChronicleDirector Ruben Fleischer leans hard on the violence card, but with little return in the way of excitement, and at the expens...
The New YorkerSome of the clothes and makeup feel as glossy as paint, but, those aside, we seem to browsing through a display of secondhan...
TelegraphThe cops-and-mobsters film Gangster Squad, set in 1949 Los Angeles, is clichéd and relentlessly violent
Chicago Sun-TimesYou may have noticed that the trailers for "Gangster Squad" are peppered with hyperbolic review quotes provided by syndicate...
ReelViewsThere seems to be little doubt that Ruben Fleischer, the director behind the well-received Zombieland and the less well-rece...
TelegraphWith a cast including Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, Sean Penn and Nick Nolte, star wattage ought to be this flick’s strength, th...
Total FilmTypified by Penn's blustery performance, Gangster Squad is sleek, stylish but superficial. Easy on the eye, even easier on t...
Entertainment WeeklyIn Gangster Squad, even the ultimate underworld betrayal is just another part of the scenery.
The GuardianThis all-star action thriller set in 1940s Los Angeles, featuring Sean Penn under some heavy prosthetics, is slick but shallow
Film School RejectsExciting and suspenseful set-pieces; funny dialogue; Josh Brolin and Michael Peña; bloody violence.
JobloIt's too bad GANGSTER SQUAD falls short, as it had the potential to be absolutely amazing, and could have been with this exa...
FirstShowingGangster Squad gives the kind of enjoyment perfect for a Saturday afternoon, with nothing heavy offered and nothing memorabl...
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Director: Ruben Fleischer
Writer: Will Beall
Studio: Warner Bros Pictures
Cast: Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling, Josh Brolin
Release: January 11, 2013
Writer: Will Beall
Studio: Warner Bros Pictures
Cast: Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling, Josh Brolin
Release: January 11, 2013
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