City Hall

  • 1996


MOVIE IS rigorous ambitious riveting delicate excellent
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56 % Rotten
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Positive Reviews 10
Negative reviews 1
Average Rating 3.8/5
rigorous ambitious riveting delicate excellent

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3.2
As Mayor Pappas, Greek scion of the megalopolis, hes a self styled fountain of ethnic political passion less Ed Koch than Mario Cuomo. EW
3.1
Many of the parts of City Hall are so good that the whole should add up to more, but it doesnt. Rogerebert
4.5
City Hall doesnt just deserve an audience; it deserves a conversation. Indie Wire
4.5
Wiseman is keen to show rather than embroider However 90 year old documentarian Wiseman is too rigorous and curious a director to fritter away 272 min .. Screen Daily
4.5
Beckers tight, streamlined direction, along with Nicholas Pileggis (GoodFellas) excellent script and Cusacks wonderful turn as Calhoun take City Hall ..
4.5
This is the subtle beauty and thrill of institutions functioning as theyre supposed toinstitutions we might ultimately take for granted. Paste Magazine
3.0
An ambitious but unsatisfying meditation on the morality of power. E Film Critic
3.8
But Fonda looks delicate and tentative, even when shes cursing at him. San Francisco Chronicle
4.5
City Hall is a riveting drama about the moral ambiguity of contemporary politics. Spirituality And Practice
2.5
Has all the ingredients for a solid drama but instead comes out a half baked disappointment. Mr Brown Movies
4.5
Its chief pleasure is the acting of the big cast, notably Pacino. At 55, he has a haggard, life wrestling beauty and a street eloquence that has more .. The Daily Beast
1.5
Director Harold Becker captures the political rhythms of the big city and keeps the rather complicated plot comprehensible. But audiences need to pay ..



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