A string of unlikely events and coincidences set off Night Falls, and Lumet makes them believable the old-fashioned way: through interaction with a screen full of strongly drawn, fully dimensioned, psychologically valid characters.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Mike Clark
Lumet (who also wrote the script) seems to feed on lousy cop-precinct furniture, political showboating and confrontations between street-savvy adversaries played by synergic actors. [16May1997 Pg.01.D]Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
One of the most refreshing things about this movie is the manner in which it combines genres in unexpected ways.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
This movie is knowledgeable about the city and the people who make accommodations with it.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Owen Gleiberman
Night Falls on Manhattan makes you nostalgic for Lumet's truly first-rate corruption movies, like the great, underrated "Q&A" (1990).Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Elvis Mitchell
But Night Falls on Manhattan is also oddly listless. It doesn't often live up to the doomy eloquence of its title.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Eric Brace
While the predictable lesson -- that justice isn't cut and dry -- clogs the film's gears by the last reel, at least the first half of the movie has some lively story telling.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Stephen Hunter
That said, what must be added is that, disappointingly, Night Falls on Manhattan doesn't quite add up.Read Full Review »
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Salon.com: Robin Dougherty
The problem -- as anyone who gets home from the movie in time to catch even a portion of "NYPD Blue" can tell you -- is that the genre that Lumet invented has buried him alive.Read Full Review »
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