Bringing Out The Dead Critic Reviews

Potentially oppressive subject matter is redeemed by impeccable moral integrity and stunning artistry.Read the full review

To look at Bringing Out the Dead --to look, indeed, at almost any Scorsese film--is to be reminded that film can touch us urgently and deeply.Read the full review

Cage, who gives a blazing, imposive performance, uses his haunted eyes to reveal the emotional scars that Frank can't heal.Read the full review

In a role as tailor-made for him as the story is for its writer and director, Nicolas Cage anchors the movie with one of his best performances.Read the full review

Achieves a poetic, quasi-religious tone.Read the full review

An intense, volatile film full of sorrow and wild, mordant humor.Read the full review

Works more in your head than on the screen.Read the full review

While heartfelt and beautifully crafted, Bringing Out the Dead is too freighted with its protagonist's failed savior complex and is surprisingly lacking in primal impact.Read the full review

Doesn't pack the punch of Schrader and Scorsese's career-best collaborations ("Raging Bull," "Taxi Driver").Read the full review