Editing Carlito's Way (section)

==Reception==
''Carlito's Way'' wrapped on July 20, 1993, and was released on November 3, 1993.<ref name="hot dog p34">''Hot Dog'' magazine, August 2000, p. 34.</ref> Critical response to the theatrical release was somewhat lukewarm. The film was criticized for re-treading old ground,<ref name="reverseshot">{{cite web |last=Seitz |first=Matt Zoller |date=21 November 2006|title=Carlito's Way – Reverse Shot |publisher=www.reverseshot.com |url=http://www.reverseshot.com/article/carlitos_way |access-date=March 26, 2008 |archive-date=March 30, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080330233746/http://www.reverseshot.com/article/carlitos_way |url-status=live}}</ref> mainly De Palma's own ''[[Scarface (1983 film)|Scarface]]'' and ''[[The Untouchables (film)|The Untouchables]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Berardinelli |first=James |title=Review by Berardinelli |publisher=www.reelviews.net |year=1993 |url=http://preview.reelviews.net/movies/c/carlitos.html |access-date=March 26, 2008 |archive-date=May 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519175425/https://preview.reelviews.net/movies/c/carlitos.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="roger ebert">{{cite web |last=Ebert |first=Roger |title=Roger Ebert review |publisher=Chicago Sun-Times |work=rogerebert.com |date=December 11, 1993 |url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19931112/REVIEWS/311120302/1023 |access-date=March 26, 2008 |archive-date=April 23, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423133217/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F19931112%2FREVIEWS%2F311120302%2F1023 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' stated in his review that the film is one of De Palma's finest, with some of the best set-pieces he has done.<ref name="roger ebert" /> [[Patrick Doyle]] was praised for his scoring of the film [[soundtrack]], which was described as "elegiac" and "hauntingly beautiful", which "displays Doyle as one of the major talents of modern film scoring".<ref>{{cite web |title=Carlito's Way score |publisher=www.soundtrack-express.com |url=http://www.soundtrack-express.com/osts/carlito.htm |access-date=March 26, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080703230909/http://www.soundtrack-express.com/osts/carlito.htm |archive-date=July 3, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The film has an approval rating of 84% on [[Rotten Tomatoes]], based on 50 reviews, with a [[weighted arithmetic mean|weighted average]] of 7.20/10. The site's consensus states: "''Carlito's Way'' reunites De Palma and Pacino for a more wistful take on the crime epic, delivering a stylish thriller with a beating heart beneath its pyrotechnic performances and set pieces."<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes">{{cite web |title=Carlito's Way (1993) |work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/carlitos_way/ |access-date=November 14, 2023 |archive-date=May 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523154418/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/carlitos_way/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Peter Travers]] of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' criticized the film for Pacino's "Rican" accent that slips into his "Southern drawl from ''[[Scent of a Woman (1992 film)|Scent of a Woman]]''", "De Palma's erratic pacing and derivative shootouts" and "what might have been if ''Carlito's Way'' had forged new ground and not gone down smokin' in the shadow of ''Scarface''".<ref name="RS">{{cite web |last=Travers |first=Peter |title=Rolling Stone review |publisher=[[Rolling Stone]] |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/5947281/review/5947282/carlitos_way |access-date=April 16, 2008 |archive-date=April 17, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080417111947/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/5947281/review/5947282/carlitos_way |url-status=dead}}</ref>

On the syndicated ''[[Siskel & Ebert]]'' television show, Ebert gave the film a thumbs up, while [[Gene Siskel]] of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' gave it a thumbs down.<ref name="RS" />

[[Owen Gleiberman]] of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' described the film as "a competent and solidly unsurprising urban-underworld thriller", and as "okay entertainment", but went on to say that the plot would have worked better "as a lean-and-mean ''[[Miami Vice]]'' episode".<ref>{{cite web |last=Gleiberman |first=Owen |title=Entertainment Weekly review |publisher=Entertainment Weekly |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,308638,00.html |access-date=April 16, 2008 |archive-date=January 10, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080110122918/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,308638,00.html |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Bregman was surprised by some of the negative reviews, but stated that some of the same reviewers have since "retracted" their views on further discussions of the film.<ref name="Bregman"/> A few weeks before the film's premiere, De Palma told the crew not to get their hopes up about the film's reception. He correctly predicted that Pacino, having just won an Oscar, would be criticized; Koepp, having just done ''[[Jurassic Park (film)|Jurassic Park]]'', would "suck"; Penn would be "brilliant" because he had not done anything for a while; and De Palma, having not been forgiven for ''[[The Bonfire of the Vanities (film)|The Bonfire of the Vanities]]'', would not quite be embraced.<ref name="Koepp"/>

''Carlito's Way'' premiered with an opening weekend [[box office]], taking in over $9&nbsp;million. At the end of its theatrical run, the film had grossed more than $37&nbsp;million in the United States and Canada, and $27 million overseas, for a $64 million total.<ref name="mojo">{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=carlitosway.htm |title=Carlito's Way (1993) |work=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=January 15, 2011 |archive-date=June 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607104511/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=carlitosway.htm |url-status=dead}}</ref> Sean Penn and Penelope Ann Miller both received [[Golden Globe]] nominations for their respective roles as Kleinfeld and Gail.<ref>{{cite web |title=Awards |work=IMDb |url=http://imdb.com/title/tt0106519/awards |access-date=March 26, 2008 |archive-date=January 8, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080108151614/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106519/awards |url-status=live}}</ref> More recent appreciation of the film was highlighted when the French publication ''[[Cahiers du cinéma]]'' named it as one of the three best films of the 1990s, along with ''[[The Bridges of Madison County (film)|The Bridges of Madison County]]'' and ''[[Goodbye South, Goodbye]]''.<ref name="reverseshot"/><ref>{{cite web |last=Villella |first=Fiona A. |title=A Revelation: Carlito's Way |publisher=www.sensesofcinema.com |url=http://archive.sensesofcinema.com/contents/00/6/carlito.html |access-date=March 26, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080225214131/http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/00/6/carlito.html |archive-date=February 25, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Accolades===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Subject
! Result
|-
|[[Chicago Film Critics Association|CFCA Award]]
|[[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
|[[Sean Penn]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[David di Donatello Awards]]
|[[David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor|Best Foreign Actor]]
|[[Al Pacino]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Golden Globe Award]]s
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture]]
|Sean Penn
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture]]
|[[Penelope Ann Miller]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Nastro d'Argento]]
|[[Nastro d'Argento for Best Dubbing|Best Male Dubbing]]
|[[Giancarlo Giannini]] {{small|(for dubbing Al Pacino in the Italian version)}}
|{{won}}
|-
|}