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Carlito's Way

  • Rated R
  • 2hr 24m
  • 66

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Release Date:

Jan 1, 1993

Runtime:

2hr 24m

Synopsis

A Puerto Rican former convict, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of N.Y.C.

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66
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Based on 25 Critics
8.3

USER SCORE (57)

Universal acclaim based on 57 Reviews
78

With a concluding chase/shoot-out episode that might even make Hitchcock jealous, Carlito's Way is a dandy piece of entertainment. If the story needs a bit more depth and reason, who really cares? There's hardly time to notice.

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Metacritic review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle
88

The acting here, by Sean Penn, is a virtuoso tour de force - one of those performances that takes on a life of its own.

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Metacritic review by Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
75

Carlito’s Way is perfectly okay entertainment, yet this 2-hour-and-21-minute movie never convinced me it wouldn’t have been every bit as good (if not better) as a lean and mean Miami Vice episode.

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Metacritic review by Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly
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