Everywhere the camera turns in this tense and volatile drama, it finds enough interest for a truckload of conventional Hollywood fare. Whatever its limitations, Cop Land has talent to burn.Read Full Review »
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ROLLING STONE: Peter Travers
Branching out in a bold new direction, Stallone is quietly devastating. James Mangold has directed Cop Land from his own ardent, audacious script, and despite some draggy, overdeliberate moments, it's the strongest piece of material to come Stallone's way since he invented himself as Rocky 21 years ago.Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
While this is probably the actor's best turn since Rocky, and he does a credible job that may earn him the opportunity to do more "serious" work in the future, Stallone's performance is outshone on all sides. That's not a knock against him; it's an acknowledgment that the supporting cast is about the best that it can be.Read Full Review »
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Slate: David Edelstein
It's formulaic, but it sticks to a classic Western formula instead of a cartoonish blockbuster one.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Owen Gleiberman
Dense, meandering, ambitious yet jarringly pulpy, this tale of big-city corruption in small-town America has competence without mood or power -- a design but not a vision.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Stephen Hunter
Unfortunately, while Stallone can carry the weight, the movie can't. Too much of it is too busy -- too many undeveloped subplots -- and some of the main plotting feels murky.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
The characters are all over the map, there are too many unclear story threads, our sympathies are confused, and there's an unconvincing showdown in which the story's lovingly developed ambiguities are lost.Read Full Review »
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NewsWeek: Jack Kroll
Mangold is something of a pseudo-Scorsese, assembling elements of other pictures like "Internal Affairs" and "Bad Lieutenant" into an eclectic mix that lacks its own vital reality.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Rita Kempley
Although the newly paunchy Stallone is credible as a weak, conflicted small-time sheriff, this suburban "Serpico" is a noble, passionless charade.Read Full Review »
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Salon.com: Stephanie Zacharek
It's a shame when an actor like Sylvester Stallone, who's always at his most appealing when he just hunkers down and lets himself be a big galoot, feels he has to make a bid for respectability.Read Full Review »
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