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Gloria

Play trailer 2:56 Poster for Gloria PG Released Oct 1, 1980 2h 1m Crime Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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A gangster's tough ex-girlfriend (Gena Rowlands) protects an orphaned Puerto Rican boy (John Adames) the mob wants dead.
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A comparatively commercial entry from director John Cassavetes, Gloria's pulpy pleasures are elevated by his observant touch and Gena Rowlands' galvanizing star performance.

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Meaghan Morris Sydney Morning Herald It's full of odd, jarring moments where everything seems slightly offkey. But it's still a powerful, exhilarating piece of work which whirls through its changes from humour to violence so skilfully that it seems to be all over much too soon. Jun 16, 2022 Full Review Richard Brody New Yorker The plot is a paranoid endgame in which the ubiquitous Mafia, in the know about everything before it happens, is the instrument of terminal destiny and running from death is as absurd as waiting for it. Apr 20, 2015 Full Review Variety Staff Variety Gena Rowlands is excellent as the tired woman who decides to take her chances for the boy. The kid is a right blend of understanding and childish tantrums. May 27, 2008 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews ...familiar yet workable subject matter that is, for the most part, employed to underwhelming and uninvolving effect... Rated: 2/4 Oct 6, 2024 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Gena must carry the pic on her back. Rated: B- Aug 31, 2024 Full Review Christopher Lloyd The Film Yap Gena Rowlands gives a fierce, Oscar-nominated turn as a gun moll out to protect a kid from her mob buddies in this dramatic thriller written and directed by her hubby, John Cassavetes. Rated: 4/5 Oct 30, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Cynthia C The chaotic storyline is about as real as you can get. Just like real life, nothing is pat and people don't act in expected ways. Direction and music are as wild as New York's heart. Gena Rowland's and John Adames' dialog is true to their characters, a tough, reluctant rescuer and a wiseass orphan, surviving amid perpetual danger and trauma. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/25/24 Full Review Audience Member One of my all-time favorite films. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/27/24 Full Review Alec B Obviously Rowlands is iconic in nearly every moment she's on screen but its Cassavetes' direction that gives the movie its edge. Most other directors would end up making something more predictable and maudlin. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/09/24 Full Review Michael F Yes, there are a few problems with the script and some unbelievable situations but it's well worth watching for the magnificent performance by Gena Rowlands. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/20/23 Full Review George D Experience a rare view of superlative writing, directing, and acting, in perfect unison, not just in a few scenes, but through the majority of the film. The director John Cassavetes, also wrote it, so there was no conveyance of intent, he owned and delivered it in deliberate, gripping, truth. Gena Rowlands absolutely did the impossible. Stellar in every respect. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 08/22/23 Full Review crustina d Not one of Cassavetes better films. However, what is lost to corny dialogue, absurdly unrealistic circumstances and the worlds most annoying child actor eating up 90% screen time, there is much fun to be had watching Gena Rowlands run around with a gun in Dirty Harry fashion, but in high heels and a dress. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A gangster's tough ex-girlfriend (Gena Rowlands) protects an orphaned Puerto Rican boy (John Adames) the mob wants dead.
Director
John Cassavetes
Producer
John Cassavetes
Screenwriter
John Cassavetes
Distributor
Columbia Pictures
Production Co
Columbia Pictures Corporation
Rating
PG
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 1, 1980, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 1, 2012
Runtime
2h 1m
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