Simply Perfect

Perfect cast and a good story

It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

Officer Ira Weiner died trying to save a houseful of children being held at gunpoint by a junkie. While everyone is busy sobbing over people who refused to get their own lives in order, someone should take at least one minute to grieve over the life taken from this courageous, kind-hearted young man whose only crime was that he not only wanted to uphold the law, and rescue children screaming for help, but he also wanted to be kind to the criminal! He went in to try to talk the man down, and, because he was trying to be non-threatening, he did not draw his gun. The perp got his gun and shot him with it. Even this was not enough for that criminal - he then stabbed Ira repeatedly with an icepick while he lay dying.If the show did not show this, the show misrepresented the facts.No, I did not see the show - I wish I had. But I knew Ira Weiner; he was my brother's best friend.

I was privileged to see this movie, just a week ago. But actually I truly lived it. I grew up in the mean streets of Newark, NJ. And easily saw my life displayed in this mini-series. I too have found my way into recovery. I no longer hang on the mean corners, I am a productive member of society, trying to provide a good life for my two children. We have relocated to upstate New York, and occasionally go back to visit family. I truly hope that other's like the addicts depicted in this movie find recovery. I would like to thank all of the the people involved in this movie. It was very moving but most of all it is REALITY for a lot of people.

"The Corner" was the closest, truest, most honest miniseries I've ever seen that delt with the streets, drugs, and dysfunctional families. Being a recovering drug addict, I never ever seen a film that actually put me back onto the streets, the drugs, and the dysfunction of life. The actors were superb. Their dialogue, gestures, even the look in their eyes, couldn't be more real. I can't compare it to any movies that I've ever seen. I saw what I used to be in this film and they reminded me that I don't want to ever go back. So real, too real, it is real. Thanks Mr. Dutton.

"The Corner" is some wonderful television. Everyone should see this to better understand what the hopelessness of inner city life in major American cities is like. I find my self horrified but unable to turn away from the reality of the life this inner city family is trapped in. The most painful sequences are the flashbacks to the life before drugs and the eventual fall into them. It is interesting to watch as the seemingly small decisions the characters make early in their lives change the rest of their years. Watch it if you have the opportunity and if you don't, seriously consider HBO as they have wonderful programming like this all the time.