City Hall (1996)
Average Rating: 6/10
Reviews Counted: 24
Fresh: 13 | Rotten: 11
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Average Rating: 6.9/10
Critic Reviews: 8
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 3
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Three A-list screenwriters -- (Nicholas Pileggi, Bo Goldman, and Paul Schrader) -- contributed to the script of this idealistic political drama. John Pappas (Al Pacino) is the popular, ethical Mayor of New York; Kevin Calhoun (John Cusack) is his even more idealistic and principled deputy. When a detective and mobster kill each other and an innocent six-year-old black child in a shootout, questions arise about what the cop was doing meeting with the gangster in the first place. The Mayor and his
Feb 16, 1996 Wide
Jul 27, 1999
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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Cast
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Al Pacino
Mayor John Pappas -
John Cusack
Kevin Calhoun -
Bridget Fonda
Marybeth Cogan -
Danny Aiello
Frank Anselmo -
Martin Landau
Judge Walter Stern -
Anthony Franciosa
Paul Zapatti -
David Paymer
Abe Goodman -
Stanley Anderson
Train Conductor -
Ray Aranha
James Bone -
Steve Aronson
Murray Safire -
Jordan Baker
Mrs. Marquand -
Tony Lo Bianco
Paul Zapatti -
Fran Brill
Angie -
Harry Bugin
Morty the Waiter -
Angel David
Vinnie Zapatti -
Lindsay Duncan
Sydney Pappas -
John Finn
Commissioner Coonan -
Richard Gant
Deputy Commissioner Sam... -
Sylvia Kauders
Gussie -
Joseph Kelly
Hospital Priest -
Edward I. Koch
Newscaster -
Rob La Belle
Wakeley -
Mark Lonow
Lenny Lasker -
Lucia Mendoza
Elaine Santos' Sister -
Roberta Peters
Nettie Anselmo -
Larry Romano
Tino Zapatti -
Richard Schiff
Larry Schwartz -
Nestor Serrano
Det. Eddie Santos -
Miguel Sierra
Israel Torres -
Tamara Tunie
Leslie Christos -
Mel Winkler
Detective Holly -
John Slattery
Intel Detective George -
Murphy Guyer
Captain Florian -
Lauren Vélez
Elaine Santos -
Brian Murray
Corporation Council -
Mary Murphy
Field Reporter -
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All Critics (38) | Top Critics (16) | Fresh (13) | Rotten (11) | DVD (3)
Its chief pleasure is the acting of the big cast, notably Pacino. At 55, he has a haggard, life-wrestling beauty and a street eloquence that has more innocence than De Niro and more sincerity than Nicholson.
Top CriticAn ambitious but unsatisfying meditation on the morality of power.
Has all the ingredients for a solid drama but instead comes out a half-baked disappointment.
Convincing drama about the moral ambiguity of contemporary politics.
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