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Once Upon a Time in America
Crime, passion and lust for power.
Crime, passion and lust for power.
Crime, Drama - 1984
8.3
87%
75
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
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Rated:
R
Runtime:
229 min
Release date:
23 May 1984
Country:
US, IT
Languages:
English, French, Hebrew (modern), Italian, Yiddish
Budget:
$30,000,000
Revenue:
$5,500,000
Awards:
Won 2 BAFTA Film 12 wins & 12 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Sergio Leone's languid, lovely and lengthy ode to Lower East Side mobsters (more specifically, mobster films) ...
– David Fear,
Time Out New York,
20 Nov 2012
fresh:
Leone is less interested in arousing an audience's easier emotions than in presenting, at a dispassionate distance, the horror of two men warily walking toward each other on a tightrope suspended above the snake pit of their , deepest compulsions.
– Richard Corliss,
TIME Magazine,
12 Apr 2011
fresh:
Every gesture is immediate, and every gesture seems eternal.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
12 Apr 2011
rotten:
A disappointment of considerable proportions.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
12 Sep 2008
fresh:
There are times when we don't understand exactly what is happening, but never a time when we don't feel confidence in the film's narrative.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Oct 2004
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