X
- 1971
- GP
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 39 m
- 1971
- GP
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 39 m
Summary After Duke Anderson is released from prison after ten years for taking the rap for a scion of a Mafia family, he cashes in a debt of honor with the mob to bankroll a caper.
Directed By: Sidney Lumet
Written By: Lawrence Sanders, Frank Pierson
- 1971
- GP
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 39 m
- 1971
- GP
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 39 m
The Anderson Tapes
61
5.0
Summary After Duke Anderson is released from prison after ten years for taking the rap for a scion of a Mafia family, he cashes in a debt of honor with the mob to bankroll a caper.
Directed By: Sidney Lumet
Written By: Lawrence Sanders, Frank Pierson
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
61
58% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
42% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
61
58% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
42% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Reflecting the mood of Nixon's America, the film plays on the anxieties of surveillance. [27 Oct 2012, p.36]
Sean Connery manages to rise above the material; most of the rest of the cast plays in broad style, and there have rarely been so many small, sleazy performances in one movie.
A clever caper movie. [08 Oct 2011, p.46]
In Sidney Lumet's The Anderson Tapes the quality of professionalism appears in rather lovely manifestations to raise a by no means perfect film to a level of intelligent efficiency that is not so very far beneath the reach of art.
Connery more than proved he could carry a movie away from 007, and the film remains pretty enjoyable, even if it’s an uneasy blend of the kind of gritty crime picture that Lumet would make his stock-in-trade, and the lighter caper flick so popular at the time.
Unfortunately, failed comedy and vigorous suspense are handcuffed together for the entire trip.
The usually reliable thriller-director Lumet falls short. With an irritating score and bizarre performance by Martin Balsam, it's alleviated by a promising performance by a young Christopher Walken.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 4 User Ratings
5.0
0% Positive
0 Ratings
0 Ratings
75% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
25% Negative
1 Rating
1 Rating
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 4 User Ratings
5.0
0% Positive
0 Ratings
0 Ratings
75% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
25% Negative
1 Rating
1 Rating
There are no user reviews yet. Be the first to add a review.
