The Gangs of New York is a historically accurate film with authentic looking setting and props. The film was praised for its historical accuracy by movie critics and historians alike. The friction between the gangs represented in the movie is analogous to that of the real events that occurred in 5 points new york in the 1850's. The dialogue used in the movie is parallel to the language of the time period. Everything in the movie lines up with the events that happened in the 1850's leading up to the civil war.
"...Gangs of New York is redeemed by impressive production design and Day-Lewis's electrifying performance."
-Rotten tomatoes
"masterpiece"
-Roger Ebert
"... richly impressive and densely realized work that bracingly opens the eye and mind to untaught aspects of American history."
-Todd McCarthy
"...Gangs of New York is redeemed by impressive production design and Day-Lewis's electrifying performance."
-Rotten tomatoes
"masterpiece"
-Roger Ebert
"... richly impressive and densely realized work that bracingly opens the eye and mind to untaught aspects of American history."
-Todd McCarthy