No deep solutions are suggested in this subtle and meticulously observed study. Yet Director Norman Jewison has used his camera to extract a cer tain rough-cut beauty from each protagonist.
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02/20/09
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
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Reviews Counted: 30
Fresh: 29
Rotten:1
Average Rating: 8/10
Consensus: Tense, funny, and thought-provoking all at once, and lifted by strong performances from Sydney Poitier and Rod Steiger, director Norman Jewison's look at murder and racism in small-town America continues to resonate today.
Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Norman Jewison helms this Best Picture winner about a black Philadelphia detective (Sidney Poitier) who becomes involved in a murder case in a small, bigoted southern town, much to the chagrin of... [More]
Starring: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant
Director: Norman Jewison
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Reviews for In the Heat of the Night
Top CriticNo review available.
04/30/08
far -- far -- more interested in racial politics than criminal capers, and it's Tibbs' interactions with the local yokels that make the film so memorable
02/28/08
An excellent Sidney Poitier performance, and an outstanding one by Rod Steiger, overcome some noteworthy flaws to make In The Heat of the Night an absorbing contemporary murder drama.
02/19/08
Top CriticProbably Norman Jewison's best picture.
10/31/07
Top CriticThe cleverness of Silliphant's script is in combining the investigation of a murder with a message film.
10/31/07
Top Critic[A] superb thriller.
12/13/06
Top CriticA decent piece of do-good cinema.
12/13/06
Top CriticRod Steiger delivers an engaging performance as a bigoted police chief who comes to trust a strong black homicide detective.
11/21/06
Norman Jewison's drama is a message film in the guise of a small-town murder mystery, propagating interracial friendship between blacks and whites.
07/25/06
Liberal do-gooder film.
05/25/06
Oozes sufficient Southern sweat and features enough admirably crumpled character faces to make up for its over-strident liberal rhetoric.
02/09/06
No review available.
06/25/05
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12/03/04
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06/04/04
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04/30/04
...captured that small town feel quite well...
08/01/03
No review available.
06/14/03
A film that has the look and sound of actuality and the pounding pulse of truth.
05/20/03
Top CriticAge hasn't done much for Norman Jewison's In the Heat of the Night.
01/10/03
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