There is something to be said about sitting back and watching good actors work.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Aug 19, 2022

A Most Violent Year is a brilliant look at greed, hubris, and the effect of capitalism, and it cements Chandor as a distinctive voice in American cinema.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Aug 18, 2022

[S]et in the crime-ridden culture of early 1980s New York City (which was the most violent year on record in the city’s history), it's a smart, shadowy tribute to the crime dramas of the seventies and early eighties...

| Aug 9, 2022

Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain are a match made in heaven. Michael Corleone lives in Isaac's character. A Most Violent Year is a precise, grippingly real movie while also maintaining a beautiful aesthetic. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 9/10 | Jun 16, 2022

My pick is A Most Violent Year, in which the always awesome Jessica Chastain steals the whole film, even with Oscar Isaac as her co-star.

| Oct 7, 2021

A Most Violent Year is and edgy crime thriller that showcases Jessica Chastain's amazing talents. It's a period piece that knocks it right out of the park.

| Oct 7, 2021

It is the ever-fantastic Chastain who steals the show, putting in what has been described as a 'sizzling performance' as Abel's equally as ambitious wife. See it.

| Oct 7, 2021

Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain are absolutely transcendent as the couple at the heart here, trying to hold together their company, which may or may not be crooked.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 26, 2021

Oscar Isaac is magnificent in this enthralling movie...

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | May 18, 2021

Chandor creates with ruthless efficiency behind the camera and the restrained performances in front of it.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 2, 2021

The chase scenes are more exhilarating than anything witnessed in recent years, even when they don't involve gunfire or explosions.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Dec 4, 2020

A quintessentially American story about trying to succeed while every exterior force wants to tear you down.

| Original Score: A | Jul 7, 2020

A Most Violent Year is an expertly crafted film. Every scene feels perfectly composed, with everything in the shot having a purpose and nothing out of place.

| Jun 29, 2020

It has all of the trappings of a gangster epic without actually understanding how to use those trappings or why they work.

| Jan 9, 2020

As excellent as Chastain is in a role that finally gives her something to chew on, the film belongs to Isaac's suave, mostly well-intentioned businessman.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 19, 2019

J.C Chandor controls the screen with his gripping atmosphere that keeps you guessing.

| Aug 8, 2019

All the elements you want from a movie called A Most Violent Year are present, but not in the genre-fulfilling forms you may hope to be sated by.

| Original Score: 7.5/10 | Jul 16, 2019

carefully calculated but struggles under its weighty self-importance

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 5, 2019

Simmering with drama, A Most Violent Year is one of the best films yet from Isaac or Chandor, and that's saying something.

| Original Score: 5/5 | May 17, 2019

Chandor's screenplay is taut and understated, complemented by superb acting, and creates an immersive experience of time and place.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Apr 17, 2019