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100
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Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
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.
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88
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Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
This movie is knowledgeable about the city and the people who make accommodations with it.
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88
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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]
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88
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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.
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67
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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).
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63
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The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Rick Groen
So the promise of a proud director comes to nothing, and all my rooting goes for naught. Maybe, sadly, the metaphoric night that falls on Manhattan has finally begun to descend on Lumet -- and he's going gentle into it.
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60
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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.
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60
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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.
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60
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Washington Post
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.
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50
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San Francisco Chronicle Peter Stack
Director Sidney Lumet takes another shot at New York City police corruption in his new film, but despite some solid performances, Night Falls on Manhattan fails to deliver the passion of such Lumet classics as "Serpico" and "Prince of the City."
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