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06/24/06
Mad City (1997)
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Reviews Counted:27
Fresh:10
Rotten:17
Average Rating:5.2/10
Runtime: 2 hrs
Genre: Television
Synopsis: When a recently fired museum guard files a grievance with his boss by menacing her with a shotgun and ends up with a gaggle of schoolkid hostages, it seems like the perfect opportunity for a... [More]
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, John Travolta, Alan Alda, Mia Kirshner
Director: Costa Gavras
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01/01/00
Mad City is a waste of your time and money.
05/23/07
This simplistic and obvious expose about the manipulative power of the news media (lazily acted by Travoilta and Hoffman) is so familiar that it's not going to upset or provoke anyone.
08/21/06
...a film of mild pleasures and mild annoyances, alternately tired and clever yet ultimately dismissible.
07/08/05
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05/06/05
'The media are vultures' is the prevailing point here, and it is not expressed in the most original or interesting of ways.
12/05/04
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05/17/04
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