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martymall007

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AWESOME MOVIE! This movie brings LOTS of memories of growing up and making the right decisions...It reminds you of your heroes...This is a MUST BUY DVD! Robert and CHAZ and the whole did magnifico! they bought ALL their clothes at GREENSPANS in...
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AWESOME MOVIE! This movie brings LOTS of memories of growing up and making the right decisions...It reminds you of your heroes...This is a MUST BUY DVD! Robert and CHAZ and the whole did magnifico! they bought ALL their clothes at GREENSPANS in South Gate, Cali.

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Posted jul 11, 2008 4:47 am pt

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A Bronx Tale is the directin debute for Rober DeNiro. Just to get it out there this movie is fantastic. It reminds of Scorseses movies, and so does DeNiro´s directing. The directing is actualy very good and it captures the right mood...
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A Bronx Tale is the directin debute for Rober DeNiro. Just to get it out there this movie is fantastic. It reminds of Scorseses movies, and so does DeNiro´s directing. The directing is actualy very good and it captures the right mood for the movie. The script is different from other movies of it´s kind but it´s still gerat. The acting is good from some of the cast, i didn´t think that the main actor did a very good job, but DeNiro and some of the others makes some great performances. I like tghe choice of music, even that reminds of Scorsese´s movies. The chocking ending (not to spoil anything) is very good. A Bronx Tale is a very entertaining and smart movie by DeNiro.

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Posted apr 5, 2008 8:05 pm pt

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Really good movie with a very good story line. Robert De Niro does a good directing job and I just love his character in the film.

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Posted feb 8, 2008 2:10 am pt

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Awesome movie. Lillo Brancato is very cute.
The story was well-written & De Niro did a great job directing.

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Posted aug 25, 2007 2:24 pm pt

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Great movie. Not being much of a mob movie kind of guy this movie ut a spin on it. It introduced baseball at the beginning which caught my eye. Although it didn't last the movie still entertained. It was kill him there and them there. It was the...
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Great movie. Not being much of a mob movie kind of guy this movie ut a spin on it. It introduced baseball at the beginning which caught my eye. Although it didn't last the movie still entertained. It was kill him there and them there. It was the "man", Sonny, helping a boy he doesn't want to be like him who was "C". Good movie and pretty good cast as well.

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Posted jul 23, 2007 11:36 am pt

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A great directorial debut for Robert De Niro in a movie that really makes you think about life. De Niro does a great job as the honest, hardworking father of the main character, Calogero in addition to directing. The movie is a mini mob story...
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A great directorial debut for Robert De Niro in a movie that really makes you think about life. De Niro does a great job as the honest, hardworking father of the main character, Calogero in addition to directing. The movie is a mini mob story that is well scripted and acted throughout.

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Posted jan 22, 2007 12:20 am pt

Ivory1991

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i love this movie!!! Lillo brancato is so hot!!!!!!

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Posted jan 14, 2007 8:31 am pt

NoOneIsAlone

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This movie was awesome. The whole storyline was great, and Robert De Niro was awesome in this movie. I like the story of the young boy, whose name I can't remember, fallilng in love with a black girl. This movie has from sentimental fights to...
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This movie was awesome. The whole storyline was great, and Robert De Niro was awesome in this movie. I like the story of the young boy, whose name I can't remember, fallilng in love with a black girl. This movie has from sentimental fights to street fights. The plot is awesome! Great movie!

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Posted jan 11, 2007 10:23 am pt

• [+] Chicago Sun-Times
  
  100
  A Bronx Tale is a very funny movie sometimes, and very touching at other times. It is filled with life and colorful characters and great lines of dialogue, and De Niro, in his debut as a director, finds the right notes as he moves from laughter to anger to tears. What's important about the film is that it's about values.

  by Roger Ebert | Read Full Review »
• [+] Boston Globe
  
  100
  A Bronx Tale is a joy, a film that comes unerringly from someone's heart and experience, and not from a power lunch of agents with clients to be packaged. [1 Oct 1993, p. 49]

  by Jay Carr | Read Full Review »
• [+] Variety
  
  90
  A "GoodFellas" with heart, A Bronx Tale represents a wonderfully vivid snapshot of a colorful place and time, as well as a very satisfying directorial debut by Robert De Niro. Overflowing with behavioral riches and the flavor of a deep-dyed New York Italian neighborhood, the film also trades intelligently in pertinent moral and social issues that raise it above the level of nostalgia or the mere memoir.

  by Todd McCarthy | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
  
  88
  Yet this surprisingly lyrical movie more than satisfies overall. De Niro, who has a rare eye for detail and nuance, shows himself at ease with action, comedy and romance. He also has a fine touch with actors. [1 Oct 1993, p. C5]

  by Christopher Harris | Read Full Review »
• [+] USA Today
  
  88
  Instead of ladling on the Scorsese sauce, Robert De Niro's Bronx accent is on semisweet nostalgia. He presents a domestic drama spiced with humor about a boy torn between his working-stiff dad (De Niro in fine regular-fella mode) and Chazz Palminteri's easy-money ways. De Niro doesn't let arty camera angles sub for good storytelling. And he draws memorable performances from two amazing young, new actors. [01 Oct 1993, p. 8D]

  by Susan Wloszczyna | Read Full Review »
• [+] ReelViews
  
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  De Niro successfully varies the tone, keeping it light and playful at times, dark and somber at others. A Bronx Tale is his triumph, and a testimony that all those years of watching the best in the business have borne fruit. If what is yet to come has any of the promise shown by this debut, we may be witnessing the birth of yet another directing talent.

  by James Berardinelli | Read Full Review »
• [+] Rolling Stone
  
  88
  He lacks Scorsese's raw inventiveness, but there's no denying De Niro's skill in keeping this pungent street epic brimming over with action and laughs without sacrificing intimacy. He is a supreme director of actors.

  by Peter Travers | Read Full Review »
• [+] Time
  
  80
  The central conflict, the struggle for Calogero's soul, is stated with a fable's starkness. But the tone of the film is musing, reflective, gently insinuating.

  by Richard Schickel | Read Full Review »
• [+] Empire
  
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  Surprisingly sentimental by turns, this emerges not as just another gangster initiation movie, but as a story of father and son love with enough guts to hold those anticipating the former, while also touching the heart.

  by Angie Errigo | Read Full Review »
• [+] Austin Chronicle
  
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  On the whole, A Bronx Tale is an impressive work and it's easy to see why De Niro connected with Palminteri's story.

  by Marjorie Baumgarten | Read Full Review »
• [+] TV Guide
  
  75
  A Bronx Tale tries to cover too much ground; racial conflict, family drama, first love, the lure of the gangster life, and the joys and tribulation of coming of age in a kinder, gentler New York are all crammed into the slight story. It all feels too familiar to sustain the viewer's interest, but Palminteri's and De Niro's equally compelling performances help give it life.

  by Staff (Not Credited) | Read Full Review »
• [+] Entertainment Weekly
  
  75
  Set in the 1960s, Robert De Niro's directorial debut is a work of vitality and flair. [22 Oct 1993, p.58]

  by Owen Gleiberman | Read Full Review »
• [+] Washington Post
  
  70
  The story is riddled with absurd coincidences and improbabilities. It doesn't have an original bone in its body. And no one's going to leave this film thinking De Niro should stay behind the camera. But none of these problems stops the movie from being enjoyable. If Bronx Tale feels too familiar, it's at least the familiarity of good Italian movies.

  by Desson Howe | Read Full Review »
• [+] The New York Times
  
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  A Bronx Tale offers a warm, vibrant and sometimes troubling portrait of the community it describes. Almost everyone within that community sounds a little bit like Robert De Niro except Mr. De Niro himself.

  by Janet Maslin | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Reader
  
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  Despite some sentimentality and occasional directorial missteps, this is a respectable piece of work--evocative, very funny in spots, and obviously keenly felt. With Francis Capra, Taral Hicks, and Katherine Narducci.

  by Jonathan Rosenbaum | Read Full Review »