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RATING: ROTTEN  READING: 27% (FRESH = 60% or Greater)   Reviews counted: 11 Fresh: 3  Rotten: 8 Average Rating: 4.8/10

( Showing 1-11 of 11 Tomatometer Reviews, sorted z-a )   "Burns' fifth beer-soaked film feels in almost every possible way -- from the writing and direction to the soggy performances -- tossed off." -- Brent Simon, ENTERTAINMENT TODAY   "There ought to be a directing license, so that Ed Burns can have his revoked." -- Mark Olsen, L.A. WEEKLY   "...unlike [Scorsese's Mean Streets], Ash Wednesday is essentially devoid of interesting characters or even a halfway intriguing plot." -- David Nusair, REEL FILM REVIEWS   "Ash Wednesday is not Edward Burns' best film, but it is a good and ambitious film. And it marks him as one of the most interesting writer/directors working today." -- Mike McGranaghan, AISLE SEAT   "This is standard crime drama fare... instantly forgettable and thoroughly dull." -- David Cornelius, AMAZING COLOSSAL WEBSITE   "This may be Burns's strongest film since The Brothers McMullen." -- Maitland McDonagh, TV GUIDE'S MOVIE GUIDE   "We don't see much box-office green in this film's future." -- E! ONLINE Cream of the Crop ROTTEN 25%   "For all its brooding quality, Ash Wednesday is suspenseful and ultimately unpredictable, with a sterling ensemble cast." -- Kevin Thomas, LOS ANGELES TIMES   "Despite the authenticity of the trappings, the film is overblown in its plotting, hackneyed in its dialogue and anachronistic in its style." -- Frank Scheck, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER   "An ambitious, guilt-suffused melodrama crippled by poor casting." -- Lou Lumenick, NEW YORK POST   "This time Mr. Burns is trying something in the Martin Scorsese street-realist mode, but his self-regarding sentimentality trips him up again." -- Dave Kehr, NEW YORK TIMES

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