CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Deanna There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

wilsn86 A "hint" of political correctness. Do the job you are trained to do. Do it and get fired.

robbotnik2000 "Blue Bloods" is only part police procedural. It concerns a New York family where almost every member of the oldest three generations has a job with the police department or the legal infrastructure of Metropolitan New York City. All the actors are attractive and well cast. Donnie Wahlberg plays the big brother cop who is smart, devoted, aggressive, a dead shot. Will Estes is younger brother Jamie with legal smarts but also a street cop. Tom Selleck is the Police Commissioner who is also their father. Len Cariou is the former PC who is the grandfather. Bridget Moynihan is the sister who works in the DA's office. Everyone is brave, everyone is loyal, everyone is as I already wrote, good looking (when they're not great looking, Bridget). Not to be unmentioned are supporting cast members such as Abigail Hawke, Gregory Jbara, who work in the Commissioner's Office with Selleck. Writing is crisp and authoritative. Now on the other side: In comparison to the venerable "Law & Order", this show, Blue Bloods, is more simplistic and straightforwared than the legal curves they throw down on that show. In other words, Law & Order is more sophisticated and plot driven than Blue Bloods, and it could be argued that Blue Bloods is a more conservative, controlled environment that promotes sympathy for the cops to a greater extent than L&O while going through the motions of viewing complicated problems from more than one side. Both shows are extremely unrealistic in that they use major time compression to boil down actual legal procedures that would take months or years in real time to fit in the one hour for a television show.

onetrekmind I really like the show but Linda is dead?! Did I miss an episode?Why did they kill her off?If they start knocking off people without a reason It's history for me.Like I said I must have missed something. They have had lots of little bloopers I overlook and just enjoy the show. But hey you can't just "Oh she's dead".

fullheadofsteam First and foremost is smart script writing and character development. Blue Bloods excels in both areas, creating an imperfect but intrinsically stalwart family of New York City law enforcement professionals, and putting them in situations based on real-life, current issues (i.e., racial divisions, drug gang warfare, politics, and personal family matters). Pay no attention to the negative IMDb reviews of this TV show, as the series has heart and soul -- apparently lacking in detractors. The show is somewhat idealistic, but such idealism is represented in a cultural and contextually relevant way, which lets the idealism rest comfortably in human compassion and boldness of character.