Night Falls on Manhattan (1996)
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Reviews Counted: 26 Fresh: 17 Rotten:9 Average Rating: 6.7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 54 mins
Synopsis:
In Sidney Lumet's NIGHT FALLS ON MANHATTAN, an ex-policeman who takes a job as a district attorney is forced to choose between upholding the law and protecting his family when his father--also a cop--is implicated on corruption charges. [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Andy Garcia, Richard Dreyfuss, Lena Olin, Ian Holm, James Gandolfini
Director: Sidney Lumet
Composer: Mark Isham, Wynton Marsalis
Producer: Josh Kramer, Thom Mount, John H. Starke
Composer: Mark Isham, Wynton Marsalis
Producer: Josh Kramer, Thom Mount, John H. Starke
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Messy, overwrought, and technically fuzzy, this cop opera still maintains a strong and passionate pulse.
01/20/07 06:36 AM
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01/26/06 03:16 AM
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04/09/05 03:59 AM
Garcia turns in a solid, emotionally complex performance, and he keeps the audience involved when the plot takes some credibility-straining turns.
01/07/05 11:39 PM
One of the most unfairly overlooked Hollywood films of recent years, [it] marked a return to form for one of American cinema’s great moralists.
01/03/03 07:14 PM
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11/06/02 02:56 PM
Top Critic Makes the important point that our values don't just determine what we do but who we are.
08/26/02 10:19 AM
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06/05/02 08:08 AM
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02/14/01 12:37 AM
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