

Carlito's Way
He's got a good future if he can live past next week.
Free after years in prison, Carlito Brigante intends to give up his criminal ways, but it's not long before the ex-con is sucked back into the New York City underworld.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $30M
- Box office
- $63.8M
- Language
- English
- new york city
- based on novel or book
- gangster
- go-go dancer
- release from prison
- 1970s
- puerto rico
- cocaine
- nightclub
- criminal past
- love
- lawyer
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereNew York City, New York7 Nov 1993
- TheatricalR10 Nov 1993
- PhysicalBlu-ray18 May 2010
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical187 Jan 1994
United Arab EmiratesAE
- PhysicalBlu-ray25 Oct 2021
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalMA 15+9 Mar 1994
CanadaCA
- Physical18ADVD1 Jul 2001
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical1624 Mar 1994
AustriaAT
- Theatrical25 Feb 1994
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1421 Jan 1994
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical15+18 May 1995
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1529 Apr 1994
EgyptEG
- PhysicalDVD23 Apr 2021
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-1621 Jan 1994
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Carlito's Way was released on 10 November 1993.
Audience reviews
2- C7/10
CinemaSerf
8/29/2026
Talk about swimming through treacle? "Carlito" (Al Pacino) has a pretty murky past when he is released from jail after five years (of thirty - on a technicality), but now free he is determined to hook up with his gal "Gail" (Penelope Ann Miller) and steer clear of the riff-raff he'd hitherto associated with. Easier said than done, though, when he almost immediately gets caught up in a gun fight with some drug pedlars…
- N5/10
nggr
8/29/2026
This movie feels off most of the time. The story is fine on paper, but almost all scenes lack soul. You see what is happening and it turns you off on a subconscious level. You know what they are trying to do, you have seen these kind of scenes, but they just don't work here. Its like an uncanny valley. Its the gangster movie your mom says you have at home, when you're trying to get her to buy you The Godfather, Donn…
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