Night Falls on Manhattan

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Alan M @RT35082317 Jul 24, 2025 Sidney Lumet's directorial career was off to a great start with 12 Angry Men and ending grandly with Before the Devil knows your Dead. A fine film despite taking itself too seriously. Andy Garcia is his usually charming self, Lina Olin shows her subtle acting is as good as her over-the-top menace is in Romeo is Bleeding, and James Gandolfin acting is as great as it is was uncredited (for some reason). See more Zach B @RT26163784 Jul 21, 2024 The speech Sean Casey (Garcia) gives the incoming class of city district attorneys in the waning moments of the film is worth the price of admission alone, and Ron Liebman is pure gold as Morgenstern. This is a who's who of actors you associate with the Big Apple. One of my favorite NYC dramas because it explores family, integrity, and ambition with characters you fall in love with. 4.5 stars. See more KB B @Okbullard May 1, 2024 This was a an enjoyable movie with good acting and plot. Andy Garcia and Richard Dreyfuss were both superb as usual. It's definitely worth the watch. See more Alec B @Alec97 Dec 13, 2023 It's overstuffed with plot, characters, and speeches (so many, many speeches). Like most of Lumet's later work the film plays like a poor imitation of his earlier and better morality thrillers. See more Arthur D @RT98367285 Dec 17, 2022 Very good show! This movie was engaging, had drama, and some unpredictability. The main actors gave solid performances and played their part convincingly. The story went along smoothly with some unexpected twists and turns. Everything was brought together for the conclusion with some thought provoking questions to ponder. See more May 11, 2022 I was pretty entertained and interested for most of this suspenseful legal drama that opened with a fairly captivating first fifteen minutes. The story takes a few different turns and gives the conflict multiple facets, connections, or dimensions from which to both present and explore it from. Lumet yet again adapts and brings to life a story focused on the seedier, rotten, and often less acknowledged underbelly of New York, utilizing the city as another cast member, to create the right element and emotional aesthetic throughout his films. I always am thankful for a James Gandolfini sighting and while he was definitely next in the running I have to give the MVP to Ron Leibman who brought a larger than life personality to his role as DA Morgenstern that I was totally eating up. A few other familiar faces from The Sopranos series were featured as well including Dominic Chianese as the judge. This certainly felt indicative of the mid 90s suspense drama that, while sometimes blander and more quaint looking watching today, can still offer a comforting feeling of nostalgia, even if I have never seen the actual film before. 6.5/10 See more Read all reviews

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