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- 1990
- R
- TriStar Pictures
- 2 h 12 m
- 1990
- R
- TriStar Pictures
- 2 h 12 m
Summary Dirty cop, Mike Brennan thinks he got away with murder. But during a routine Q&A, the righteous assistant DA finds a clue that sets them both on a collision course.
Directed By: Sidney Lumet
Written By: Edwin Torres, Alan Smithee, Sidney Lumet
- 1990
- R
- TriStar Pictures
- 2 h 12 m
- 1990
- R
- TriStar Pictures
- 2 h 12 m
Q & A
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Summary Dirty cop, Mike Brennan thinks he got away with murder. But during a routine Q&A, the righteous assistant DA finds a clue that sets them both on a collision course.
Directed By: Sidney Lumet
Written By: Edwin Torres, Alan Smithee, Sidney Lumet
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 29 Critic Reviews
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69% Positive
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 29 Critic Reviews
66
69% Positive
20 Reviews
20 Reviews
31% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
0% Negative
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Q&A is a major film by one of our finest mainstream directors. As both a portrait of modern-day corruption and an act of sheer storytelling bravura, it is not to be missed.
Lumet has a reputation for speed, and when a film doesn’t engage him, as in Family Business, the result seems rushed, sloppy. But in Q&A, with all the actors perfectly cast and on his wavelength, he works wonders. Nolte is electrifying.
Lumet's films are always well-acted. Q & A is no exception. And the story has more than enough rich, lively characters to go around. [27 Apr 1990, p.R13]
Q & A is an uncommonly ambitious thriller, but it rarely goes solemn -- it's a raw, rude Cook's tour of the New York underworld, from transvestite bars to precinct offices to Mafia mansions -- with a violent side trip to San Juan thrown in. [07 May 1990, p.65]
While Q & A derails, it's still marked by a love of language and a genuine civic passion that isn't afraid to face ugly facts, and of how many films can that be said? [27 Apr 1990, p.29p]
Q&A is a pungent, graphic drama sabotaged by a stupid romantic sub-plot, misjudged casting and a truly abysmal soundtrack.
Unfortunately, Lumet isn't the brawny social commentator he would like to be -- he's a Jimmy Breslin manque'. His script chronicles a complex, gargantuan evil, but his insights into urban life haven't progressed beyond those of his earlier films -- the chaos of conflicting interests and cultural hatred is one that by now we're more than familiar with -- and his storytelling style isn't compelling or tightly focused enough to keep our attention from flagging.
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