Bringing Out the Dead

"The film wisely has no real plot, because the paramedic's days have no beginning or goal. (...) To look at Bringing Out the Dead --to look, indeed, at almost any Scorsese film--is to be reminded that film can touch us urgently and deeply. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of four)" 

"An intense, volatile film full of sorrow and wild, mordant humor. (...) Cage, with the look of an anguished medieval saint, gives a fine, haunting performance that makes Frank's spiritual crisis very real indeed." 

"Dark humor, visual pyrotechnics and bravura acting help make more palatable a movie that's intense and full of gory details." 

"In a role as tailor-made for him as the story is for its writer and director, Nicolas Cage anchors the movie with one of his best performances." 

"Scorsese and writer Paul Schrader return there for what amounts to the flip side of 'Taxi Driver.' It is equally shocking. It is also surprisingly funny and very moving." 

"Doesn't pack the punch of Schrader and Scorsese's career-best collaborations"