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Counted four explosions before the studio logo finished. Once Upon a Time in America knows its audience.
“This tomato has seen things.”
— THE DEVIL TOMATO
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1984 · Drama / Crime
Once Upon a Time in America
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Masterfully crafted. Un-roastable.
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An absolute cinematic disaster.
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
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RELEASE DATE
1984
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GENRE
Drama / Crime
PLOT SUMMARY
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
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@SCREEN_SHADE2025-12-19 12:00 UTC
Once Upon a Time in America: where physics filed for emotional distress and lost.
@LATE_SHOW_LURKER2025-12-10 02:00 UTC
Once Upon a Time in America should come with a complimentary pillow for when the third-act CGI soup inevitably kicks in.
@TRAILER_TROLL2025-12-20 03:00 UTC
The script for Once Upon a Time in America feels like it was entirely written by an algorithm fed nothing but energy-drink commercials.
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r/criticalkino · u/FrameByFrameFred🔥 2.6k points
[Serious Discussion] Is anyone else completely checked out by the pacing in Once Upon a Time in America?
Just got out of Once Upon a Time in America and I'm convinced critics are being paid in residuals. Two genuinely good scenes do not make a film. Convince me otherwise.
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r/criticalkino · u/ContinuityKaren🔥 1.1k points
The cinematography in Once Upon a Time in America is doing all the heavy lifting and it shows
Everyone praising the Once Upon a Time in America performances must have watched a different cut. The lead is sleepwalking through this and the supporting cast can't save it.
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r/boxoffice · u/JumpCutJunkie🔥 1.6k points
Unpopular opinion: Once Upon a Time in America is the most overrated film of the decade
Honestly, Once Upon a Time in America would be a tight 95-minute movie. Instead we got a bloated runtime padded with B-roll and lingering shots that add nothing.
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