Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

  • Rated R
  • 1hr 56m
  • 68

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Jim Jarmusch

Producer:

Richard Guay

Release Date:

Mar 3, 2000

Runtime:

1hr 56m

Synopsis

An African-American Mafia hit man who models himself after the samurai of old finds himself targeted for death by the mob.

Cast

  • Forest Whitaker
  • John Tormey
  • Cliff Gorman
  • Dennis Liu
  • Frank Minucci
  • Richard Portnow
  • Tricia Vessey
  • Henry Silva
  • Gene Ruffini
  • Frank Adonis

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Metacritic

68
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Based on 31 Critics
7.7

USER SCORE (69)

Generally favorable reviews based on 69 Reviews
60

A movie as laconic as its hero, Ghost Dog is nonetheless diminished by its most un-Zen-like attachment to this underlying sentimentality.

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Metacritic review by J. Hoberman
J. Hoberman
Village Voice
89

It's the kind of movie you wish you had more time to absorb and could see more than once before reviewing.

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Metacritic review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle
50

Am I the only one who finds the substance of this movie repulsive?

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Metacritic review by David Edelstein
David Edelstein
Slate
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