But Mr. Costa-Gavras, a galvanizing filmmaker working with a splendid cast, is able to tell this story in style.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Lisa Schwarzbaum
Director Costa-Gavras packs a whole lotta hectoring into this high-strung morality play about the broadcast media's culpability in the escalation of human drama into camera-ready Greek tragedy.Read Full Review »
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Salon.com: Andrew O'Hehir
It has, at times, a loopy, edgy humor and moments of genuinely affecting pathos. But somehow the combination doesn't add up to anything.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Mike Clark
A blanket indictment like this has to be either satirically trenchant or a roundhouse punch to the gut. Tom Matthews' script takes a mushy middle ground, and the result seems less mad than just a bit addled or hacked off. [07Nov1997 Pg08.D]Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
Mad City might have been more fun if it had added that extra spin--if it had attacked the audience as well as the perpetrators. As it is, it's too predictable.Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
The absence of originality and inspiration isn't Mad City's only problem -- it also suffers from a shocking lack of subtlety.Read Full Review »
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NewsWeek: Jack Kroll
We've seen it all before and such familiarity kills impact.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Stephen Hunter
It's a movie of great dynamism and energy, but very little discipline. It probes issues but it never really thinks about them. It seems smart, but it's dumb.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Kenneth Turan
Mad City is an example of how enervated polemical filmmaking can become when its plot loses contact with plausibility.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Desson Thomson
Mad City is for those who haven't seen enough movies about hostage situations. It's also for those who haven't seen enough ponderous movies about media exploitation, or Dustin Hoffman's ongoing reliance on muttery method acting.Read Full Review »
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