Ash Wednesday: Critic Reviews

MovieWeb: 0 reviews

27%

RottenTomatoes: 18 reviews

Dave Kehr New York Times (Top Critic)

30

This time Mr. Burns is trying something in the Martin Scorsese street-realist mode, but his self-regarding sentimentality trips him up again.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Guardian [UK] (Top Critic)

Full Review » 8 years ago
Laura Sinagra Village Voice (Top Critic)

With more swagger than Saint Pat on Snake Day, Edward Burns struts around 1983 Hell's Kitchen in search of a Sopranos audition.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Colin Covert Minneapolis Star Tribune (Top Critic)

Full Review » 8 years ago
Lou Lumenick New York Post (Top Critic)

50

An ambitious, guilt-suffused melodrama crippled by poor casting.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Frank Scheck Hollywood Reporter (Top Critic)

Despite the authenticity of the trappings, the film is overblown in its plotting, hackneyed in its dialogue and anachronistic in its style.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times (Top Critic)

80

For all its brooding quality, Ash Wednesday is suspenseful and ultimately unpredictable, with a sterling ensemble cast.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Time Out

Full Review » 5 years ago
Christopher Null Filmcritic.com

40

Full Review » 6 years ago
Michael Szymanski International Press Academy

0

Full Review » 7 years ago
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com

60

Full Review » 7 years ago
Jamie Russell BBC

40

Full Review » 8 years ago
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews

50

...unlike [Scorsese's Mean Streets], Ash Wednesday is essentially devoid of interesting characters or even a halfway intriguing plot.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Mike McGranaghan Aisle Seat

75

Ash Wednesday is not Edward Burns' best film, but it is a good and ambitious film. And it marks him as one of the most interesting writer/directors working today.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Brent Simon Entertainment Today

17

Burns' fifth beer-soaked film feels in almost every possible way -- from the writing and direction to the soggy performances -- tossed off.
Full Review » 10 years ago
E! Online

17

We don't see much box-office green in this film's future.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Maitland McDonagh TV Guide's Movie Guide

50

This may be Burns's strongest film since The Brothers McMullen.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Mark Olsen L.A. Weekly

There ought to be a directing license, so that Ed Burns can have his revoked.
Full Review » 10 years ago