An ambitious, if disappointing, period crime drama featuring Clive Owen and Billy Crudup as warring brothers on opposite sides of the law.
– Tirdad Derakhshani,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
21 Mar 2014
rotten:
The performers carry on - Owen is particularly good - but this bird doesn't fly.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
21 Mar 2014
rotten:
I share Canet's affection for Sidney Lumet films full of scraggly sideburns and big brown Fleetwoods the size of the QE2. But if you really appreciated those movies, you'd use your memories of them to jumpstart something new.
– Stephen Whitty,
Newark Star-Ledger,
21 Mar 2014
rotten:
Seems to be the continuation of a narrative that only exists in its characters' heads.
– Michael Nordine,
Village Voice,
27 Mar 2014
rotten:
If you hear an unearthly sound during Blood Ties, it might be Sidney Lumet's ghost attempting to contact his lawyer.