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- 1987
- R
- The Cannon Group
- 1 h 37 m
- 1987
- R
- The Cannon Group
- 1 h 37 m
Summary A New York journalist lies when his fake story about a pimp describes a real pimp up for murder.
Directed By: Jerry Schatzberg
Written By: David Freeman
- 1987
- R
- The Cannon Group
- 1 h 37 m
- 1987
- R
- The Cannon Group
- 1 h 37 m
Street Smart
70
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Summary A New York journalist lies when his fake story about a pimp describes a real pimp up for murder.
Directed By: Jerry Schatzberg
Written By: David Freeman
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
70
75% Positive
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
25% Mixed
3 Reviews
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
70
75% Positive
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
25% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Jerry Schatzberg's gripping, darkly satiric Street Smart, written with great savvy by David Freeman, keeps you in a state of agitated suspense as it springs one booby trap after another on its compromised and foolish hero. [06 Apr 1987, p.66B]
Director Jerry Schatzberg has made a penetrating study of human relations--racial and sexual--within a sharply observed social framework.
A clever thriller with a lot of unbelievable scenes and a sappy ending, but two wonderful performances.
An engrossing study of loose talk, weakness and seduction, played out in both the world of high-powered journalism and the seediest corners of Times Square.
The plot line may fray at times, especially with Fisher's dizzyingly quick segue from magazine reporter to Geraldo Rivera-like television muckraker. But Schatzberg anchors his story with enough pungently observed details of New York--its lofts, chic editorial offices, in restaurants and sad and tawdry street scenes--and with enough marvelous actors, in big roles and small, to give his story real bite.
It's not an art film, although it's an extremely intelligent piece of filmmaking. [27 Apr 1987, p.1D]
Street Smart as a whole is flat. Director Jerry Schatzberg's major problems are lethargic pacing and a strained plot.
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Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
