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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

Genre: Dramas

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... 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]

Starring: Andy Garcia, Richard Dreyfuss, Lena Olin, Ian Holm

Starring: Andy Garcia, Richard Dreyfuss, Lena Olin, Ian Holm, James Gandolfini, Ron Leibman, Colm Feore

Director: Sidney Lumet

Director: Sidney Lumet
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.

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01/20/07
Rob Gonsalves
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06/29/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
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04/09/05
Robin Clifford
Robin Clifford
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Garcia gives one of his richest performances yet

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03/23/05
Clint Morris
Clint Morris
Moviehole

The kind of tough-minded moral drama that Lumet excels at.

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03/17/05
Rob Thomas
Rob Thomas
Capital Times (Madison, WI)

Garcia turns in a solid, emotionally complex performance, and he keeps the audience involved when the plot takes some credibility-straining turns.

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01/07/05
Michael Dequina
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07/02/04
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Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

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02/04/04
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Ryan Cracknell
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06/13/03
Rebecca Murray
Rebecca Murray
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03/27/03
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

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.

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01/03/03
Jeremy Heilman
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11/06/02
Jeff Strickler
Jeff Strickler
Minneapolis Star Tribune

Makes the important point that our values don't just determine what we do but who we are.

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08/26/02
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
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08/23/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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04/12/02
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