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2015
R
IFC Films
1 h 44 m

2015
R
IFC Films
1 h 44 m

Summary Meet the dirtiest cop in New York City history. In the 1980s, Michael Dowd patrolled the mean streets of one of the toughest precincts in Brooklyn. He also headed a ruthless criminal network that stole money and drugs, ultimately resulting in the city’s biggest ever corruption scandal. In this explosive true crime saga, Dowd tells all as...

Directed By: Tiller Russell

2015
R
IFC Films
1 h 44 m

2015
R
IFC Films
1 h 44 m

The Seven Five

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews

69

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings

6.9

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Summary Meet the dirtiest cop in New York City history. In the 1980s, Michael Dowd patrolled the mean streets of one of the toughest precincts in Brooklyn. He also headed a ruthless criminal network that stole money and drugs, ultimately resulting in the city’s biggest ever corruption scandal. In this explosive true crime saga, Dowd tells all as...

Directed By: Tiller Russell

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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews

73% Positive
8 Reviews

18% Mixed
2 Reviews

9% Negative
1 Review

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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews

73% Positive
8 Reviews

18% Mixed
2 Reviews

9% Negative
1 Review

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Positive Reviews
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Negative Reviews

May 6, 2015

It’s that priceless dialogue, the bitter ironies, the magnificently skeevy cast of characters and even the overall structure that make The Seven Five “Goodfellas” in blue.

By Kyle Smith FULL REVIEW

May 8, 2015

This kind of story has been told endlessly in dramatic movies and TV shows, but rarely has a film offered characters like these telling their own stories.

By Godfrey Cheshire FULL REVIEW

New York Magazine (Vulture)

May 11, 2015

The tagline for Tiller Russell’s riveting new documentary, The Seven Five is “Meet the dirtiest cop in NYC history,” which I suspect does a profound disservice to a lot of other NYC policemen, past and present — although none of them are likely to write letters of complaint.

By David Edelstein FULL REVIEW

Los Angeles Times

May 14, 2015

It would be hard to imagine a more entertaining corrupt-cop documentary than The Seven Five, a slick and fascinating portrait of disgraced New York policeman Michael Dowd.

By Michael Rechtshaffen FULL REVIEW

May 6, 2015

Although well-told, it’s an over-familiar story, and a sad one. And being far enough removed from the issues that have police in the spotlight post-Ferguson, The Seven Five also feels a little dated. Remember when all we had to worry about was cops going on the take?

By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW

New York Daily News

May 13, 2015

Director Tiller Russell sometimes get sidetracked — a dangerous thing in a story that already has a lot of twists, turns and off-ramps. But it’s a story you have to hear, from the guys who lived it and may never live it down.

By Joe Neumaier FULL REVIEW

May 4, 2015

It relays a story of police corruption that's transparently designed as a pitch for a feature-film adaptation.

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User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings

71% Positive
5 Ratings

0% Mixed
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29% Negative
2 Ratings

User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings

71% Positive
5 Ratings

0% Mixed
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29% Negative
2 Ratings

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Details

Production Company All3Media America

Release Date May 7, 2015

Duration 1 h 44 m

Rating R

Genres

Tagline In 1980's Brooklyn, The Most Dangerous Gangsters Were New York City Cops.

Website http://www.thesevenfivemovie.com/

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Awards

DOC NYC

• 1 Nomination

Edinburgh International Film Festival

• 1 Nomination

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