Colors 1988

Janet Maslin, New York Times: Though its story has the makings of standard stuff, and is sometimes sketchily told, nothing about 'Colors is ordinary. Read more

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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Colors is a special movie -- not just a police thriller, but a movie that has researched gangs and given some thought to what it wants to say about them. Read more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: Never as eccentric as The Last Movie or Out of the Blue, Colors nevertheless makes most other cop movies look formulary by comparison. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Colors is a solidly crafted depiction of some current big-city horrors and succeeds largely because of the Robert Duvall-Sean Penn teaming as frontline cops. They're terrific together as members of the gang crime division of the LAPD. Read more

Hal Hinson, Washington Post: There's great pleasure in watching these two actors work. And Hopper, a great actor himself, knows what they need to thrive. Read more

Desson Thomson, Washington Post: It's an exhilarating sparring match between Duvall's workmanlike fine-tuning and Penn's raw energy. Read more