Al Pacino is an ex-druglord fighting to escape his violent, treacherous past in this crime-action tour-de-force from director Brian De...
Al Pacino is an ex-druglord fighting to escape his violent, treacherous past in this crime-action tour-de-force from director Brian De Palma (Scarface).
Freed from prison on a technicality by his cocaine-addicted attorney (Sean Penn), former drug kingpin Carlito (Pacino) stuns the local underworld when he vows to go straight. Taking a job managing a glitzy, low-life nightclub, he tracks down his onetime girlfriend (Penelope Ann Miller) and rekindles their romance, promising he's changed for good. But Carlito's dream of going legitimate is undermined at by murderous former cronies and young thugs out to make a name for themselves.
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84 %50 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
91 %124,966 reviewsAudience score rating
"A competent and solidly unsurprising urban-underworld thriller: De Palma's imitation of a middle-drawer Sidney Lumet movie."
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Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly"Carlito's Way, like Scarface, is first and last a character study, a portrait of a man who wants to be better than he is."
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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert"Pacino has his moments but for the most part he's surprisingly underwhelming. He's a great actor, but even I can do a better Puerto Rican accent."
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post"Carlito's Way is best watched as lively, colorful posturing and as a fine demonstration of this director's bravura visual style."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"De Palma provides a timely reminder of just how impoverished the Hollywood lexicon has become since the glory days of the '70s."
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Time Out
Time Out"As with so many De Palma films, Carlito's Way soon manifests as an essay on its own forms."
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Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine"(Penn's) modulated hysteria is amazing. So is Brian De Palma's direction."
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The New Yorker
The New YorkerCarlito's Way | Details
- Runtime
- 138
- Genre
- Drama, Thriller
- Country of origin
- USA
