Bringing Out the Dead

Blazes up constantly with a stunning, off-kilter brilliance, an incandescent force that sometimes explodes the space between us and the screen.

Has a certain morbid fascination, but it has no real bite, and finally seems so contrived and pointless it borders on being out-and-out exploi...

An ecstatic sensory experience.

An ecstatic sensory experience so overloaded it hardly matters that the narrative has been placed on a back burner.

It’s a slice of life, with all the trimmings, and one of the strongest films of the year.

Potentially oppressive subject matter is redeemed by impeccable moral integrity and stunning artistry.

Cage, who gives a blazing, imposive performance, uses his haunted eyes to reveal the emotional scars that Frank can’t heal.

In a role as tailor-made for him as the story is for its writer and director, Nicolas Cage anchors the movie with one of his best performances.

Downbeat and at times strangely slow-moving despite all its beautifully shot high-speed ambulance rides.

Despite the lack of energy and the lethargic pace, there’s something darkly compelling about Bringing Out the Dead.

Fans of the greatest working film director will be pleased.

Surprisingly funny.

Achieves a poetic, quasi-religious tone.

A text that provokes thought more than directs it, which should fascinate new and repeat viewers for a long time.

Develops microclimates of mood without fully developing the same shadings of character.

An intense, volatile film full of sorrow and wild, mordant humor.

It’s still a marginal cut below his greatest triumphs. But not by too much, I think.

Certainly one of his (Scorsese’s) most profound works.

Although it tries continually to focus on the heart, it ultimately fails to ignite it.

Full of bravura moments and high-wire performances.

Works more in your head than on the screen.

There’s talent to burn in this movie. But the flame is cold.

Like its title – blunt, thruthful, uncompromising. It is hard on an audience, even harrowing. But that’s exactly what Martin Scorsese wa...

Filled with so much heartbreaking beauty, Bringing Out the Dead might be best described as an artist’s sketchbook, a series of tableaux and i...

To look at Bringing Out the Dead – to look, indeed, at almost any Scorsese film--is to be reminded that film can touch us urgently and deeply.

This is Martin Scorsese, and in the end, it’s his town, and his show.

Scorsese is never on autopilot, never panders, never sells out, always goes for broke; to watch his films is to see a man risking his talent...

Anyone with a taste for high-risk filmmaking won’t want to miss it.