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Wes 09/26/2024 Maybe I would have appreciated it more if I was an adult back in the 70s. Boring. It’s interesting getting a look at 70s urban blight. Union Square became a big skate spot 20 years later. Movies like this are why Star Wars was such a hit and came at the right time. What a contrast! See more Alexander 08/18/2024 Super boring. Francis made this after The Godfather and even explains in the mini interview that he did not screen it with anyone except for a few babysitters. Maybe he knew subconsciously that this is a terrible movie and couldnt stand any honest feedback. Waste of my time and money. I walked out less than halfway into it. See more Alain E @AlainE Jul 11 The opening is very strong, then sags in the middle. The party scene is way too long. The ending is good again. This is predominantly an allegory. Surveillance is much more widespread today and the practitioners do not suffer emotional turmoil from what we can tell. Good photography which has been nicely restored. On Prime. See more Levi J @Lev77 Jun 7 Carefully-crafted, superb psychological thriller full of paranoia, complexity, and crime, along with great sound and screenwriting and a performance from Gene Hackman that is subtle, yet significant! See more Rafi M @RT61647557 May 20 This is a movie buff's movie - an 'art house,' European style film-noir, with a desaturated color palette, slow, irregular pacing, confusing narrative, and an inconclusive ending. Great 70s styling, cars, and San Francisco locations, and a soundtrack mixing jazz and music-concrete. Gene Hackman plays a man who is full of intensity and is white-knuckled repressing it; Harrison Ford plays the most 'definite' character in the movie. There's lots of state-of-the-art surveillance gadgetry, and some really scary scenes, both 'real' and 'imagined,' none of which is clear. See more Carlos I @carlosFibarra May 14 I keep hearing from film nerds how much I'm supposed to love this and how much it's Coppola's true masterpiece, and while it has some cool ideas and atmosphere, it bored me to tears. Gene Hackman delivers a remarkably restrained performance as the paranoid Harry Caul, and the film's exploration of privacy and surveillance feels more relevant today than ever. However, the glacial pacing and minimalist narrative can feel like a chore if you aren't in the mood for a dense character study. See more Read all reviews

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