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Oct 20, 2000 · The movie is set around the yards where the New York mass transit trains are made up and repaired. It is about a kid who gets out of jail, wants to do right and gets in trouble again. And about his uncle, who works on both sides of the law.
Featuring strong performances and direction, The Yards is a richly textured crime thriller with an authentic feel. Read Critics Reviews
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On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 64%, based on 96 reviews, with an average rating of 5.93/10. The website's consensus reads, "Featuring strong performances and direction, The Yards is a richly textured crime thriller with an authentic feel."
The Yards stands on its own, and even though it is no masterpiece it is a very interesting and tense drama with a great cast. Mark Wahlberg does a good job, but Joaquin Phoenix is certainly the stand-out. Also, his complex character is by far more interesting than Wahlberg's stereotype.
Self-consciously elegiac, The Yards is a slow-burning but meticulously crafted family melodrama posing as a thriller. Full Review | Dec 2, 2002
Apr 27, 2000 · The Yards: Directed by James Gray. With Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix, Charlize Theron, James Caan. Ex-con Leo tries to go straight, but his plans are derailed after reuniting with his old crew and a well-connected railway contractor.
Oct 20, 2000 · A drama set in the vast New York City subway yards. After serving time in prison for taking the fall for a group of his friends, Leo Handler (Wahlberg) just wants to get his life back on track. So, Leo returns to the one place he thinks will be safe -- home.
Nov 8, 2000 · The yawning subway yards and murky company offices provide a suitably bleak film noir mood, and the whole corrupt world of contracts and underworld subterfuge is all too plausible as the plot ...
For Caan's shtick alone, The Yards is worthwhile, but we may also be witnessing the emergence, in Gray, of a young filmmaker who's just starting to find the range.
Set in Queens, The Yards is a story about Leo Handler (Mark Wahlberg), who has just been released from prison.
