Armin Mueller-Stahl, Naomi Watts, Sinead Cusack
A Russian teenager living in London who dies during childbirth leaves clues to a midwife in her journal that that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.
DVD Release Date: December 23, 2007
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Flixster Reviews (21,284)
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November 30, 2009Anna: So you've read the diary. How can you keep doing what you're doing?
Nikolai Luzhin: I'm just a driver.
Director David Cronenberg teams up again with Viggo Mortensen for this well made, well acted Russian mob crime drama set in London.
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October 16, 2009Eastern Promises is not a pleasant film. Imagine a darker version of A History of Violence with a heavy emphasis on the Russian mob. The plots of those two movies aren't similar, but the uncomfortable realism of them both is the common thread that binds them together.
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October 1, 2009David Cronenburg back on form after the terrible History of Violence. Well acted and well shot. Thank fuck for that!
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August 10, 2009A gangster movie with a difference, it?s subtle, non-flashy, yet it includes all the vital ingredients and perfection of a top-notch Organised Crime film.
Viggo Mortensen was brilliant in this role, the super-cool Russian ?driver? for the son of a crime family, is slick, smart...( read more) -
June 21, 2009I think I've been watching too much violence lately.... I seem to be enjoying it.
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November 26, 2009No words could do this film justice. The story is griping the cast is amazing, the cinematography had me breathless. It is a must see!!!
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November 25, 2009I really enjoyed watching this film; first, because I wasn?t expecting anything special, and second, the English-speaking Russians are a plus.
It is simple yet deep. It is visually clean. It is perfectly developed. But I still don?t know how? it has the ability to twist the char...( read more) -
November 17, 2009A great story that really made you think. I love that Cronenberg is changing up his style every now and then and coming out with these truly emotional films. Viggo Mortensen was perfect in every way, at no point did I not believe that he was a Russian mobster (well, undercover). ...( read more)
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November 17, 2009I'm really torn on how many stars to give this movie because there are so many things that I both love and hate about it. For starters, this is an extremely violent film, true to David Cronenberg's style. That alone had me hiding during some very bloody scenes, not to mention the...( read more)
Critic Reviews
September 20, 2007
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
September 15, 2007
Claudia Puig, USA Today
If you don't mind bloodshed and are drawn to taut thrillers with fascinating characters portrayed skillfully, Eastern Promises is just the ticket. full review
September 14, 2007
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
A movie whose images and implications are likely to stay in your head for a long time. full review
September 14, 2007
Pete Hammond, Maxim
In the end 'Eastern' promises - and delivers - an intelligent film full of it's own brand of sound and fury. full review
September 14, 2007
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
A film that takes us beyond crime and London and the Russian mafia and into the mystifying realms of human nature. full review
September 13, 2007
Armond White, The New York Press
Eastern Promises is a pretty hollow viewing experience. It deals with the ugly life choices facing Eastern immigrants in the West (London) but seems more contrived than truthful. full review
September 10, 2007
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker
You walk out of Eastern Promises feeling spooked and sullied, as if waking from a noisome dream. "London is to blame," one of the characters declares, but I don't buy it. I blame David Cronenberg. full review
September 10, 2007
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
Eastern Promises is finally conventional, even sentimental. full review
September 5, 2007
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
How like David Cronenberg -- the master of body horror as a path to the soul -- to begin his mesmerizing power-punch of a thriller with a hemorrhage. full review
Comments
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August 14, 2008This was a pretty good movie! I was pleasantly surprised on how good it was. It reminds me of 'A History of Violence'.
Take care all,
William
Zzzzzzooooommmmm!
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July 18, 2008Ranks among Cronebergs best a first rate cast brings you as close to the russian mob as any sensible person would want to get. Deadly realism reminiscent of the Godfather or Casino. A new classic
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July 15, 2008this movie is terrible, so boring, so timewasting, adds in quotes which try to sound cool. one dumb movie
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June 6, 2008the movie is slow, but is worth watching. the movie has a really good and weird fight at the end. sometimes they speak in russian so you'll need subtitles to understand. viggo was good. naomi acceptable,etc.
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March 11, 2008well just seen this last night, was a really good
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February 7, 2008I can sympathize with your take on Eastern Promises. That film, along with History of Violence are grossly overrated and far from Cronenberg's best work (Dead Ringers comes to mind).
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December 24, 2007Well at first I wasn't sure what to think...but the longer you watch it becomes clear. This is pure story telling, not sugarcoated for Hollywood but an honest look at the russian mafia. I totally recommend this, this was great.
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December 8, 2007Waiting for this to come out on dvd!!! Should be AWESOME...Viggo...one of my favorite actors!!!
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September 17, 2007OMG!!!!!! I HAVE TO SEE THIS MOVIE!!!!!
Viggo Mortensen is my favorite actor and i am sure that he will act brilliantly in this movie!!!! I only hope he gets nominaterd for the academy award, mabe this time he will win it, like he deserves!!!! LOVE YOU VIGGO!!!!!!! xox xox xox
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