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- 1973
- R
- United Artists
- 1 h 52 m
- 1973
- R
- United Artists
- 1 h 52 m
Summary A burnt-out British police detective finally snaps whilst interrogating a suspected child molester.
Directed By: Sidney Lumet
Written By: John Hopkins
- 1973
- R
- United Artists
- 1 h 52 m
- 1973
- R
- United Artists
- 1 h 52 m
The Offence
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Summary A burnt-out British police detective finally snaps whilst interrogating a suspected child molester.
Directed By: Sidney Lumet
Written By: John Hopkins
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Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
70
63% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
38% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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A splendid, unjustly neglected 1973 British film in which Sean Connery, at his very best under Sidney Lumet's direction, plays a veteran police sergeant haunted by years of contact with terrible crimes and on the brink of a total breakdown. [27 May 1990, p.10]
The atmosphere and performances are sustained at a terrifying pitch, and the movie ends suddenly, leaving the audience to deal with the ideas and emotions aroused.
The revelations explode predictably, like the ingredients of a 24-hour cold capsule, but the dramatic impact is real while one is watching it.
A powerful and complex performance by Connery is somewhat weakened by Lumet's typically stiff and stagey direction, which tends to sap the life out of the film.
There's a powerful confrontation of authority and accused between police sergeant Sean Connery and suspected child molester Ian Bannen in Sidney Lumet's The Offence. A brilliant scene, however, does not in itself make for a brilliant overall feature.
An interesting but not entirely rewarding inversion on Lumet’s continued study of law enforcement.
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