Gangs of New York (2002)
78%RT Audience Score: 81%
Awards & Nominations: Nominated for 10 Oscars
50 wins & 135 nominations total
Though flawed, the sprawling, messy Gangs of New York is redeemed by impressive production design and Day-Lewis’s electrifying performance
Gangs of New York is like a rollercoaster ride that you’re not sure you want to be on. It’s a wild, bumpy, and at times, punishing experience. But hey, if you’re up for the challenge, it’s definitely worth the ride. The visuals are stunning, the fight scenes are intense, and the characters are memorable. Just don’t expect to come out of it feeling like you’ve learned any life lessons or anything. It’s more like a fun, crazy, and slightly disturbing trip through history.
Production Company(ies)
National Geographic Documentary Films, Ventureland Storyteller Productions,
Distributor
Miramax Films
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for intense strong violence, sexuality/nudity and language
Year of Release
2002
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:DTS Dolby Digital SDDS
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Aspect ratio:2.35 : 1
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Runtime:2h 48m
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Language(s):English, Irish, Gaelic, Chinese, Latin
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Dec 20, 2002 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 1, 2003
Genre(s)
History/Drama
Keyword(s)
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Worldwide gross: $193,772,504
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $321,383,824
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 464
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 35,047,309
US/Canada gross: $77,812,000
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $129,056,072
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 593
US/Canada opening weekend: $9,100,000
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $15,092,919
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 784
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $100,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $165,856,258
Production budget ranking: 185
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $89,313,595
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $66,213,971
ROI to date (est.): 26%
ROI ranking: 1,263
Daniel Day-Lewis – Bill “The Butcher” Cutting
Cameron Diaz – Jenny Everdeane
Liam Neeson – “Priest” Vallon
Jim Broadbent – William “Boss” Tweed
John C. Reilly – Happy Jack Mulraney
Director(s)
Martin Scorsese
Writer(s)
Jay Cocks, Jay Cocks, Kenneth Lonergan, Steven Zaillian
Producer(s)
Alberto Grimaldi, Harvey Weinstein
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
Nominated for 10 Oscars
50 wins & 135 nominations total
Academy Awards
Oscar Nominees
All Critics (214) | Top Critics (57) | Fresh (155) | Rotten (59)
One of the most provocative films from Hollywood in recent times.
January 4, 2019 | Rating: 3/4
Namrata Joshi
Outlook
TOP CRITIC
It’s a punishing piece of work, this Gangs of New York. Spectacular, brilliant, but punishing-basically, one long brawl…
April 10, 2018
Amy Taubin
Film Comment Magazine
TOP CRITIC
The visuals are strong, while the central narrative is weak (a disastrous combination for a long movie). Worst of all, Gangs of New York achieves far too little while trying much too hard.
January 2, 2018
Barbara Ellen
Times (UK)
TOP CRITIC
Brilliant but devastating. High schoolers and up.
December 24, 2010 | Rating: 4/5
Nell Minow
Common Sense Media
TOP CRITIC
At turns brilliant and ponderous, luminous and drab, this is the type of ethereal feast only America’s greatest living director could attempt.
June 19, 2003 | Rating: 3/4
Sara Michelle Fetters
MovieFreak.com
TOP CRITIC
n the end, you’re left feeling that Scorsese has put on a great show. As to what he means by it, I doubt he knows.
March 7, 2003
Sandra Hall
Sydney Morning Herald
TOP CRITIC
I didn’t like the fight scenes in this film. It doesn’t fit together very well.
March 18, 2021 | Rating: 1/5
Justin Brown
Medium Popcorn
It did have some interesting characters and cool shots with the opening scene. It is definitely one of my least favorite Scorsese films.
March 18, 2021 | Rating: 2/5
Brandon Collins
Medium Popcorn
Gangs of New York is a dreadful film, poorly constructed, unconvincing and deeply misanthropic.
February 16, 2021
David Walsh
World Socialist Web Site
The production design itself is exquisite in its own right.
January 6, 2021
Danielle Solzman
Solzy at the Movies
Martin Scorsese’s Les Miserables.
October 25, 2019 | Rating: 2.5/4
Josh Larsen
LarsenOnFilm
Gangs of New York is to Fernando Wood’s Manhattan what Fellini’s Satyricon is to Nero’s Rome, with a touch of Monty Python filth on the faces and clothes.
June 27, 2019
Joshua Brown
London Review of Books…
Plot
In the god-forsaken district of early-1860s Lower Manhattan known as the Five Points, the vicious Nativist, Bill “The Butcher” Cutting, is the supreme overlord of an area riddled with crime, prostitution, theft and murder, as the American Civil War still rages on. Sixteen whole years after the brutal murder of his father from Bill’s blood-stained hands, an orphaned Irish-American, Amsterdam Vallon, returns to this melting pot of corruption to avenge his untimely death; however, a lot has changed since then. Who can remember the once-innocent boy and now a young man bent on revenge, who works his way up to the hierarchy of Five Points? Will Amsterdam ever taste the dangerous but sweet fruit of retribution?
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Daniel Day-Lewis gives a “spectacular, brilliant, but punishing” performance as Bill “The Butcher” Cutting.
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