The cast is well chosen for a movie of the class. [Full review in Spanish]

| Sep 1, 2022

This renowned classic is more memorable for Robinson's sensational performance than for the plot.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Jul 27, 2020

Ed. G. Robinson gives an excellent character study of the scheming Rico, and an effective cast also includes Douglas Fairbanks, Jun., Stanley Fields, Ralph Ince, Glenda Faxrell, and Sidney Blackmer.

| Jun 17, 2020

LeRoy's coldly efficient direction-due less to his own artistry than to the constraints of sound recording in its first years-imposes a static rigor on the action and lends the actor's diction and gestures a sculptural, granitic force.

| Sep 7, 2015

Edward G. Robinson's gravelly snarl and sociopathic disdain for human conventions became the template for countless future gangster anti-heroes

| Original Score: 76/100 | Jul 4, 2013

Faded bronze to The Public Enemy's silver and Scarface's gold, but an enduring bedrock formation all the same

| Sep 23, 2011

Little Caesar makes two classic LeRoy joints that I've found perfectly solid...and thoroughly underwhelming, especially when viewed through the prism of their reputations.

| Original Score: 56/100 | Apr 5, 2011

No director could ask for more than Edward G. Robinson's contribution. Here, no matter what he has to say, he's entirely convincing.

| Oct 31, 2007

Though it looks somewhat dated now, there's no denying the seminal importance of this classic adaptation of WR Burnett's novel.

| Feb 9, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 4, 2005

Feels stilted when stacked up against its tougher depression-era contemporaries.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 7, 2005

Come for Rico, stay for Rico

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 27, 2005

One of the most popular and best received crime films ever.

| Original Score: A- | Jan 25, 2005

Robinson's riveting performance earned him a permanent place in the history of cinema.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jan 25, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Sep 24, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 16, 2003

LeRoy's direction is terse, tough and tense, although some of the sound is crude by modern standards.

| May 24, 2003

The production is ordinary and would rank as just one more gangster film but for two things. One is the excellence of Mr. Burnett's credible and compact story. The other is Edward G. Robinson's wonderfully effective performance.

| May 24, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 12, 2002

Edward G. Robinson's classic portrayal makes this antique still work

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 30, 2002