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Nov 22, 2011
88
The film, written and directed by Joe Maggio, only has this handful of characters and looks at them carefully. The dialogue is right, the conflicts are simple and sincere, the hopes are touching.
Nov 3, 2011
80
The truth is, Mr. Farina would be considered Oscar material if "Joe May" were a bigger film. As it is, he'll have to settle for being great.
Oct 31, 2011
75
Dennis Farina's washed-up hustler in The Last Rites of Joe May is designed in the in the mold of a classic movie star tough guy, but the veteran character actor's performance also serves to disassemble it.
Nov 2, 2011
75
The Last Rites Of Joe May succeeds in some of the smaller details and the soulful performances.
Nov 4, 2011
75
Veteran character actor Dennis Farina gives one of the best performances of the year in a rare lead part as an aging, down-on-his luck small-time hood in The Last Rites of Joe May.
Nov 1, 2011
70
Dennis Farina gets the enviable opportunity to humanize the kind of character he has sometimes exaggerated comically in glossier films.
Nov 1, 2011
70
Despite all this boilerplate gangster-with-a-heart-of-gold stuff, there's an emotional payoff to "Joe May" that feels solid and right.
Nov 3, 2011
70
Mr. Maggio's strengths here are his people (not their stories), a sense of intimacy and textured place rather than the generic hoops he forces the characters to jump through.
Oct 31, 2011
63
Watching Dennis Farina dominate every scene is a joy, and thankfully the actor makes the most of this opportunity.
