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- 1996
- R
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 51 m
- 1996
- R
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 51 m
Summary The accidental shooting of a boy in New York leads to an investigation by the Deputy Mayor, and unexpectedly far-reaching consequences.
Directed By: Harold Becker
Written By: Ken Lipper, Paul Schrader, Nicholas Pileggi, Bo Goldman
- 1996
- R
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 51 m
- 1996
- R
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 51 m
City Hall
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Summary The accidental shooting of a boy in New York leads to an investigation by the Deputy Mayor, and unexpectedly far-reaching consequences.
Directed By: Harold Becker
Written By: Ken Lipper, Paul Schrader, Nicholas Pileggi, Bo Goldman
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 27 Critic Reviews
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63% Positive
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30% Mixed
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7% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 27 Critic Reviews
62
63% Positive
17 Reviews
17 Reviews
30% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
7% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Riveting.
Pacino, Cusack and Aiello are fascinating to observe, playing three sides of the same political coin, but the whole thing winds up as meaningless as a concession speech by Phil Gramm. [16 Feb 1996, p.5]
In the course of City Hall, Calhoun doesn’t just get to the bottom of a scandal. He grows up, and watching Cusack enact the transformation, I thought I glimpsed this gifted young actor growing into a star.
Director Harold Becker ("The Onion Field," "Sea of Love") makes "City Hall" absorbing in its evocation of New York fauna and rhythms. The problem is in the screenplay. [19 Feb 1996, p.68]
But this knotty investigative thriller has trouble achieving the rock-solid credibility to hold an audience in thrall.
The ultimate verdict on "City Hall" is easy: It's no good. The movie, a corruption-in-the-city saga starring Al Pacino, John Cusack and Bridget Fonda, ends on such a false, unsatisfying note, any faith you had built up in the movie is dashed. But that there's faith to lose in the first place is something of an achievement.
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