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Capone

R 2020 1h 43m Crime Drama Biography TRAILER for List
41% Tomatometer 142 Reviews 24% Popcornmeter 500+ Ratings
Once a ruthless businessman and bootlegger who ruled Chicago with an iron fist, Alfonse Capone was the most infamous and feared gangster of American lore. At the age of 47, following nearly a decade of imprisonment, dementia rots Alfonse's mind and his past becomes present. Harrowing memories of his violent and brutal origins melt into his waking life. As he spends his final year surrounded by family with the FBI lying in wait, this ailing patriarch struggles to place the memory of the location of millions of dollars he hid away on his property.
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Tom Hardy makes the most of his opportunity to tackle a challenging role, but Capone is too haphazardly constructed to support his fascinating performance.

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Ian Freer Empire Magazine It doesn't completely work and lacks complexity, but Capone is scene-for-scene more interesting than many slicker films. Hardy's swing-for-the-fences performance is a must-see. Rated: 3/5 Feb 27, 2021 Full Review Tim Robey Daily Telegraph (UK) Dropping its leash on a star who needs one, the film mistakes decrepitude for drama, and the closest it gets to mid-scene narrative suspense is wondering whether Al Capone has just let himself go with a number one or two. Rated: 2/5 Nov 26, 2020 Full Review Stephen Romei The Australian ...that is what I like about it. It's a movie about a dying man trying not to die and looking back over his life with regret... Jul 28, 2020 Full Review Bianca Garner InSession Film Personally speaking, I hope Trank continues to make films just as experimental and divisive as Capone. It’s refreshing to see a film that doesn’t simply exist to make a studio a hefty profit... Jul 31, 2024 Full Review Soham Gadre Vague Visages Hardy provides something alien, both amusing and disgusting, a unique cross between Jack Nicholson’s Jack Torrance in The Shining and Vincent D’Onofrio’s Bug in Men in Black. Jan 9, 2024 Full Review Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies A grim foray into a disease-ravaged mind anchored by Hardy’s grab-it-by-the-throat performance. Is that enough to warrant sitting through so much unpleasantness? You’ll have to make that call. Rated: 3/5 Aug 19, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Michael V. P While a sad and dramatic biopic about Capone's last days, Tom Hardy solidifies himself as one of the great character actors of our time. For great performances and a fairly deep psychological biopic, this is a film to watch. Hardy's performance as Al Capone is worth it alone. It's not a typical violent mob movie but more so a look into the struggles of Capone and his family as his neuro-syphilis catches up to him. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/07/24 Full Review Craig s El Sucko…all over the place…had to shut of off halfway through Rated 1 out of 5 stars 06/14/24 Full Review Kyle M For a complicated subject initially intrigues over the filmic coverage, there's a mixture in the faltering approach when keeping up unconventionality. Unexpectedly nuanced that only delivers reverence in the mental condition, simultaneously affecting the structure whilst questionably boosted by Hardy's challenging embodiment under minimized, subpar treatment towards the actual matter being insignificantly overdone. (C+) Rated 3 out of 5 stars 04/09/24 Full Review Cinema S Tom Hardy does what he can with a story and character that holds much potential, everything else just doesn't work. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/26/24 Full Review Nonna S Even the incomparable Tom Hardy couldn't save this movie. Could have been a great film but the script was terrible. Couldn't watch to the end it was so bad. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 11/12/23 Full Review DJ Fat G Embarrassing. Director thinks he is Scorsese. He is not. Not even Tom H can rescue a poorly directed rubbish script. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 07/28/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Once a ruthless businessman and bootlegger who ruled Chicago with an iron fist, Alfonse Capone was the most infamous and feared gangster of American lore. At the age of 47, following nearly a decade of imprisonment, dementia rots Alfonse's mind and his past becomes present. Harrowing memories of his violent and brutal origins melt into his waking life. As he spends his final year surrounded by family with the FBI lying in wait, this ailing patriarch struggles to place the memory of the location of millions of dollars he hid away on his property.
Director
Josh Trank
Producer
Russell Ackerman, Lawrence Bender, Aaron L. Gilbert, John Schoenfelder
Screenwriter
Josh Trank
Production Co
Creative Wealth Media Finance, BRON Studios, Addictive Pictures, A Band Apart, Lawrence Bender Productions
Rating
R (Some Sexuality|Pervasive Language|Strong/Bloody Violence)
Genre
Crime, Drama, Biography
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
May 12, 2020
Runtime
1h 43m
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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