Edwin Boyd 2011

Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: A good-looking but passionless affair that remains stubbornly aloof from its audience. Read more

John Semley, AV Club: Citizen Gangster hits its marks when it's exploding the character's larger-than-life status, aided in large part by Speedman's career-best turn. Read more

Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: Morlando has crafted a stylishly shot and evocatively designed period piece. But it's the dashing, quietly charismatic Speedman who proves the main draw, holding our attention even when the movie doesn't. Read more

Farran Smith Nehme, New York Post: Morlando has chosen to approach this material not with witty cynicism, but with quiet, and at times leaden, sincerity. Read more

Rex Reed, New York Observer: As good as Citizen Gangster is, it would be even better if you could understand the dialogue. Read more

Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: Inspired by Boyd's story, rather than literally retelling it, the movie is less a gangster film than an existential allegory of choices and limitations. Read more

Matt Singer, Time Out: Writer-director Nathan Morlando leeches every last bit of color from the frame, until the world around Boyd looks so dreary and drab you can almost understand his desire to liven the place up with a little theatrical mayhem. Read more

Mark Holcomb, Village Voice: Morlando shows commendable focus (even Cox dials it down), and his movie's modest aspirations nicely reflect the condition in which Boyd, his damaged charisma spent, finally thrives. Read more