Terry Francis Southern Voice (Atlanta) May 9, 2023 1.5/4

A kiddie gangster movie that appears to have been cast by the Ford Modeling Agency, dressed by the editors of GQ, and written by the marketing department of some cheesy brokerage house currently under investigation.

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Rene Jordan El Nuevo Herald (Miami) Jan 25, 2023

Mobsters is of overwhelming violence, but also of insinuated elegance. [Full review in Spanish]

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Ralph Novak People Magazine Jul 25, 2014

To say that production designer Richard Sylbert, costume designer Ellen Mirojnick and cinematographer Lajos Koltai give the settings a handsome, authentic look is like saying that the Titanic had nice chandeliers.

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John Marriott Radio Times Jul 25, 2014 2/5

It is extraordinary that, with gangster-era America providing such a natural source of drama, director Michael Karbelnikoff should turn gritty reality into such an empty tale.

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Jo Berry Empire Magazine Jul 25, 2014 3/5

Although things like character development are sometimes lost in the crossfire, the lead actors have enough charm to sustain the film.

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Michael Sragow The New Yorker May 20, 2014

It's an excuse for the latest crop of media-spawned personalities -- the male equivalent of starlets -- to invade the heavy-duty genre of the gangster film. They don't come up to Cagney's spats.

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Lou Cedrone Baltimore Sun May 21, 2013 1/4

Mobsters is a bloody little fairy tale that makes good guys out of Lucky Luciano, Frank Costello, Bugsy Siegel and Meyer Lansky. According to the film, a largely plodding affair, they were just four kids who liked to kill people once in a while.

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Peter Rainer Los Angeles Times May 21, 2013

Mobsters looks like it was made by people who have seen too many gangster films for people who haven't seen any. There isn't a breath of life in the filmmaking.

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Carrie Rickey Philadelphia Inquirer May 21, 2013 2/4

Slater and Dempsey bring to the film whatever shallow depth Mobsters occasionally exhibits.

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Gary Thompson Philadelphia Daily News May 21, 2013 2/4

The virtue of GoodFellas was that it took the glamor out of mob sagas, and it's going to take a picture a lot better than Mobsters to put it back in.

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Roger Hurlburt South Florida Sun-Sentinel May 21, 2013

In an attempt to find the origins of infamous gangsters Charlie "Lucky" Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Frank Costello and Benny "Bugsy" Siegel, Karbelnikoff has rendered lame caricatures instead of meaty characters.

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Jay Boyar Orlando Sentinel May 21, 2013 4/5

A potboiler in the quick-and-dirty tradition of the B movies of the '30s, it may not win any Oscars or garner rave reviews, but it's consistently entertaining, nevertheless.

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Michael Upchurch Seattle Times May 21, 2013 1/4

A hollow concept gussied up with a few big names, a pretty set and some fancy clothes.

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Johanna Steinmetz Chicago Tribune May 21, 2013 2/4

Despite competent production, despite-or perhaps because of-a high and inventively mutilated body count, the film is ultimately boring.

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Brian Orndorf BrianOrndorf.com Jul 26, 2011 C+

It feels like a history lesson from a particularly inept substitute teacher, hitting only a few highlights before it returns to a flat read of gangster specifics.

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Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader Jan 31, 2011

High concept, sleek stylishness, low content.

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Variety Staff Variety Mar 26, 2009

The seemingly can't-miss premise of teen-heartthrob gangsters gets lost in self-important direction, a shoddy script and muddled storytelling.

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Frank Swietek One Guy's Opinion Mar 30, 2007 2/5

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Steve Grant Time Out Feb 9, 2006

A noisy, silly, rather immature film.

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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jun 6, 2005 1/5

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