Fresh
Chandor follows the psychologically penetrating tradition of Sidney Lumet, Alan Pakula and Francis Ford Coppola, observing crime as a microcosm of society.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
A Most Violent Year
The result is never in question. Just the path you take to get there.
2014 · 2h 4m · R
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
J.C. Chandor
Overview
A thriller set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city's history, and centered on the lives of an immigrant and his family trying to expand their business and capitalize on opportunities as the rampant violence, decay, and corruption of the day drag them in and threaten to destroy all they have built.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
89%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Like that camel-hair coat Abel wears, A Most Violent Year is classy and commands respect, but a stronger pulse under the lapels would make us care much more.
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Fresh
[A] tight anti-thriller, one where the violence of the title is more implied than seen.
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
Fresh
"A Most Violent Year" is a far more interesting film than its title implies. And a film you've never seen before.
Calvin Wilson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Fresh
Abel is a man with ideals in a world that has no use for them: If he's going to succeed, he's going to have to use his wits instead of bullets.
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
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