There is no moral decency anywhere within the character, and to accept the film we have to believe it is there.

BBC: Road to Perdition: Your views

What ensues may be against the law, but it goes no more against the grain of common decency than any other tool of your trade.

NEWYORKER: Hack Work

In this one scene Lustgarten demonstrates an ear for what's happening in parts of Britain, and how the relentlessness of economic crisis - even if it is no longer sharp or deep - eats away at people's hope, patience and decency.

BBC: Alcopops, racism and financial dystopia