KnotMissPriceless
Why so much hype?
SpuffyWeb
Sadly Over-hyped
Arianna Moses
Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.
marktayloruk
Rocky came back to the old side East And treated the kids to a feast But he wound up bury Due to Father Jerry The moral is-Don't trust a priest!Seriously-I found Father Jerry obnoxious and nauseating. with today's technology, could one make a version in which Rocky shot him instead?The "rackets", after all, often amounted to victimless crimes like gambling and prostitution-and, in the Twenties, bootlegging! Possible sequel-the kids find out about Jerry's last words to rocky and turn against him-with a vengeance!
elvircorhodzic
ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES is a film that has the original socio - critical message. The script and story are very allowed. Curtiz is in the heart of the story, but between two fires, put a rag-tag group of young. Interestingly, such a state viewed from the perspective of young boys. Criminals are always a role model. The time and place do not matter. Perception is dictated by socio - economic aspects of society.In this film, the main character is not only criminal but also the anti-hero. He was polished, charming, charismatic, accomplished, and of course rich. Rocky Sullivan played by James Cagney, is a portrait of the life times of such 'Angels with Dirty Faces "as the title of the film says. Rocky is not a bad person.This is a gangster movie, fast action and great culmination. The story is a complete and well rounded. The friendship of the two protagonists of this film is very strongly played. Cagney and O'Brien (Fr. Jerry Connolly) are excellent in their roles. Perhaps it is the strongest, which comes as the icing on the cake after a whole and dismissed the scenario, just what constitutes the epilogue of the story about two friends. The relationship of good and evil set through the prism of truth and falsehood. Friends are separated at an early age, others are bound heart and soul, and yet each had their fight. I wonder what would have happened if the roles were replaced at the beginning of the film? In the eyes of the world you can be anything. In the eyes of friends only one. The film is a dramatic and action equally good. Acting with visible improvisation, is at a high level. Bogart, Sheridan and Bancroft are not especially imposed.
Richie-67-485852
When I was that age, growing up in Brooklyn, it must have been tough on the people around me. Why? Because we were always looking for something to do, anything to do and trouble is the easy thing to get going anywhere. That's what these guys portray so well and Cagney sets the pace. Here we see a group of kids with no guidance and poor leadership that if someone doesn't intervene, they are all going to turn out like Rocky in the movie. Who better then a priest to try to get them to stop and consider what they are doing and why? The perfect balance takes hold. Good and evil go at it with evil looking, sounding and feeling better but ending on a bad note. Or, you can do good which will lead you toward the life intended. If anyone can keep themselves from bawling at the end, I'll ask you why? Give in and let the lesson of the movie have its way with you. A good lesson it is too because someone dies to make the point. Sound familiar? Hats off to every involved with this picture. Enjoy the scenes of life way back when, the way they talked and what was popular for music, cars and dress. Definitely a move to eat while watching, tasty drink and snack too. Oh, and have something to wipe that dirty face of yours, the one that cries in the end.
Leofwine_draca
ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES has something different to distinguish it from the other gangster flicks starring James Cagney: the emphasis of this film is on a gang of feral youths he befriends (played by the 'Dead End Kinds) rather than he himself. So we still get the meteoric rise to fame and eventual downfall, but the narrative is slightly skewed so that a gang of innocents are the central focus.Inevitably, this is a film that still belongs to Cagney, who invests it with his typical energy and dynamism. Humphrey Bogart takes a minor supporting role but it's left to Pat O'Brien to bag the film's most challenging role, that of a former criminal turned priest. ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES has plenty of drama, action, and suspense to recommend it, and the tragic climax hits all the right chords.
