"The Drop" does have a sly ending in mind and at play, a great scene really, but it doesn't match or make up for the tedious lead-up.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 7, 2024

It's a well-made film that may be small in cinematic stature but big in terms of smart and precise storytelling.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 17, 2022

As much as this critic would like to say that Gandolfini’s final farewell is a show-stealer, his performance finds a perfect equilibrium with his costars.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jul 29, 2022

There's nothing terrible about The Drop, but every scene reveals how it could have been so much better.

| Aug 10, 2021

A slickly made look at the underbelly of crime, relationships and dog rearing. Nice performances make up for some plot idiosyncrasies and a story that doesn't so much comment on the condition of its characters as it does reveal it.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 1, 2021

A respectable attempt at roping cheap canine melodrama within a tightly wound yarn of underground corruption and long buried familiar dirty laundry.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Oct 29, 2020

A smart if funny thriller...

| Jun 18, 2020

Director Michael R. Roskam and writer Dennis Lehane are clearly going for a slow burn, but they turned in a no-burn.

| Jan 8, 2020

Overall, The Drop may not seem special but its strong cast, well-crafted direction and strong script makes it stand out from other recent gangster films.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 20, 2019

Michaël R. Roskam's The Drop thoughtfully alludes to eternal significance of everyday events, and the curious coincidences that run alongside unseen.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 31, 2019

A familiar story of families, criminality and blue collar angst, it's a meaty, entertaining work featuring fine performances from its talented cast, including the final screen bow of the late James Gandolfini.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 3, 2019

Despite Hardy's odd accent, one that takes getting used to, he blends into this role.

| Jan 31, 2019

There's little doubt that The Drop fares best in its impressively engrossing opening stretch...

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Dec 31, 2018

It's not a great movie -- there are plot holes and loose ends that are confounding -- but it's a good movie.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Nov 3, 2018

The drop is an enjoyable and satisfying underworld thriller.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 7, 2017

Happily, The Drop packs an emotional wallop.

| Aug 4, 2017

A puppy upstages James Gandolfini in his final film.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 14, 2016

'The Drop' reminds us of what Gandolfini always did well: providing support, heft, and color, in the tradition of our finest character actors.

| Jun 18, 2016

The film has loose ends and doesn't quite catch fire but the ending is excellent and lifts it over the line.

| Jun 6, 2016

Gandolfini died suddenly, at age 51, shortly after finishing The Drop. That leaves us hanging on his every exquisitely timed pause, and sensing the sheer weight of his personality every time he enters a room.

| Original Score: 4 of 5 | Apr 18, 2016