Yonkers Joe 2008

Critics score:
55 / 100

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Noel Murray, AV Club: [Director] Celestino steers clear of the can't-miss pulp thriller that Yonkers Joe could've been, and goes for broke by giving it big dollop of schmaltz. His horse doesn't come in, but it runs a respectable race. Read more

Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post: As Janice, Christine Lahti is the pivot between father and son. The scenes between Janice and Joe Jr. are sweet, harrowing, movie-altering. Read more

Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: A nicely photographed, mostly satisfying look at a gang of East Coast sharps and how they part marks from their money. Read more

Lou Lumenick, New York Post: An extremely awkward cross between Ocean's Eleven and Rain Man. Read more

Reyhan Harmanci, San Francisco Chronicle: Yonkers Joe is incoherent, succeeding neither as an exciting gambling ride nor a touching family story. Read more

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Michelle Orange, Village Voice: Lahti burns through a thinly written role with a surprising level of warmth and humanity, and Guiry is at times repellently convincing as a kid genetically incapable of either nuance or fakery. Read more