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39 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversGangs of New York is something better than perfect: It's thrillingly alive.
- 91Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEverything is vast and hugely ambitious in Martin Scorsese's magisterial, scrambled historical epic.
- 88USA TodayMike ClarkUSA TodayMike ClarkIf Martin Scorsese's staggeringly ambitious one-of-a-kind finally has too many flaws to be great, it has as much greatness in it as any movie this year.
- 88Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertRips up the postcards of American history and reassembles them into a violent, blood-soaked story of our bare-knuckled past.
- 75New York Daily NewsJami BernardNew York Daily NewsJami BernardThe movie turns choppy in the final third, but it is a monumental achievement nonetheless.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleLacks one thing -- an epic grandeur.
- 75Portland OregonianShawn LevyPortland OregonianShawn LevyThere is greatness in Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York: titanic acting, violent poetry, moviemaking on a grand scale, a real air of daring. And there is flab in it as well, and confusion.
- 70New York Magazine (Vulture)Peter RainerNew York Magazine (Vulture)Peter RainerStunning, and it has the added bonus of being about an era that is virtually new to movies. As a dramatic achievement, however, it is not quite so amazing.
- 63The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenWhile the initial sequence is glorious, the last is a shambles.
- 50Washington PostStephen HunterWashington PostStephen HunterUnder its scope and reach and passion, Gangs of New York is pretty ordinary stuff.