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A Most Violent Year

Cast

Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, David Oyelowo, Alessandro Nivola View All


Crew

J.C. Chandor (Director), J.C. Chandor (Writer) View All

Release: Dec. 30th, 2014
Runtime: 2 hours, 5 minutes
A thriller set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city's history, and centered on a the lives of an immigrant and his family trying to expand their business and capitalize on opportunities as the rampant violence, decay, and corruption of the day drag them in and threaten to destroy all they have built.
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0 A Most Violent Year
I wasn’t blown away by this film at first, but after thinking about it for a while, I began to realize its greatness. A Most Violent Year is the story of Abel Morales (Oscar Isaac), a man fight...
3 A Most Violent Year
A Most Violent Year Our newest film auteur, in the style of past decades, where one person writes and directs the movie seems to be J C Chandor. After some years doing commercials, A Most Violent ...
13 What was so great about A Most Violent Year?
i mean, even the title sounds so self important. i should have known. and i love jc chandor, this is especially heart breaking for me. i thought we might be seeing another top tier director blossom...

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mrtylerdurden
At times the dialogue is great, like some of the speeches that Oscar Isaac gives or the scenes between Chastain and Isaac.
Iroquois
As it stands, A Most Violent Year definitely has more than a few strengths thanks to some good performers and Chandor's willingness to balance out a mostly dialogue-driven film with some rather well-crafted and sparingly used action (which might just give it the edge over Margin Call), but it's stil....
Ikkegoemikke
Chandor's film "All is lost" long time ago and can only conclude that this film fits perfectly.
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