ChicDragon It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

Taraparain Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

Sameer Callahan It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

Married Baby Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

Bogdan "This life's HARD man, but it's HARDER if you're stupid!"The atmosphere simply cuts your breath away. The dialogue is clever and, at times, ironic. Robert Mitchum plays the role of a gangster, who wants to retire from that life full of danger, impeccable. Richard Jordan and Peter Boyle also delight us with their solid performances. Simply put, The Friends of Eddie Coyle is a realistic movie, a film that portrays the ruthless life of gangsters, a film without mistake.

jadavix Rarely have I seen a more celebrated movie that went over my head more than "The Friends of Eddie Coyle". It's just not a movie I can watch, and I think I've proved that to myself after this third viewing.The plot is impossible for me to follow. I get that it's about an ageing hood played by Robert Mitchum who wants to buy machine guns. Some of the people he knows are cops, and some are robbers. I couldn't tell any of them apart.There are maybe two robbery scenes in the movie, but mostly it's just tedious dialogue that makes no impression, like all of the characters and situations. Mitchum isn't really in it that much, but he spends a lot of time meeting guys in booths and at the end he goes to a hockey game.I have no idea what this movie was even about, or why anyone likes it.

Spikeopath Boston criminal Eddie 'Fingers' Coyle (Robert Mitchum) is in the mire, the cops have him bang to rights and he's facing a long stretch in the big house. However, if he turns informant he will keep out of poky... For far too long this film had been stuck hidden away in pirate hell, thankfully it finally saw the light of day and can be seen for all its glory. Peter Yates directs and Paul Monash adapts the screenplay from the George V. Higgins novel. Supporting Mitchum are Peter Boyle, Richard Jordan, Steven Keats and Alex Rocco. Music is by Dave Grusin and cinematography by Victor J. Kemper.It's a film noir lovers picture, a throw back to the halcyon days of the first wave of noir back in the 1940s. So who better than a battered pug faced Mitchum to front up the story? Pic is perpetually downbeat, with the air of despondency hanging over our protagonist like the grim reaper. The underworld painted by Yates and his team is smartly stripped down to basics, it's a world that is after all, always moving in secretive circles. There's no frilly glamour here, there's crime and consequences, realistic street operations, and brilliantly there's believable characterisations. With dialogue dominating the narrative, it's not one for the action junkie - though the set-pieces are superbly staged by Yates, this is a neo-noir of high respect to previous blood lines. And it boasts a quite brilliant turn from Mitchum whilst not copping out at the finale. Noir heads rejoice! 9/10

tgchan I don't know the director, actors or anything about it, but the Rating: 7.6/10 from 4,863 users is fine, so I hope it will be good. Let's find out! 11 minutes - the guys are professional bank robbers, of course it is interesting. What is even more interesting is how simple it was back in the old days 20 minutes - 1973 the year when people cared about a good film and not pretty faces (literally) 31 minutes - slow paced Heat (1995) 1h - it is slow but quite entertaining too. The American cars from 70's... damn they look pretty! Yeah, slow to the very end of it. It was a nice and well played story with great music and acting. It set me in a mood for some more 70's films, some TV series perhaps.tgchan's rating: 7 /10