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Network

1976

Sidney Lumet

Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch, Robert Duvall ...

7.5

14,338

Drama NETWORK follows the doomed path of aging newsman Howard Beale (Peter Finch), who upon learning that he is to be fired after decades as a news anchor announces to millions of viewers that he will publicly commit suicide during his last broadcast. When the ratings consequently shoot up, razor-sharp executive in training Diana Christensen (Faye Dunaway) seizes the moment to exploit Beales messianic nervous breakdown, turning his delusional ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Vincent Canby The New York Times	"Brilliantly, cruelly funny (...) 'Network' can be faulted both for going too far and not far enough, but it's also something that very few commercial films are these days. It's alive."	POS
United Kingdom	Colin Kennedy Empire	"'Network' is typical of the cool intelligence of '70s American cinema (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"What a rich and interesting movie this is (...) What it does accomplish is done so well, is seen so sharply, is presented so unforgivingly, that 'Network' will outlive a lot of tidier movies (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Arthur Knight The Hollywood Reporter	"[It] is certainly the most provocative and abrasive movie since 'All the President's Men' (...) No performance is less than brilliant"	POS
United States	A.D. Murphy Variety	"'Network' will shake you up (...) Sidney Lumet’s direction is outstanding (...) [It] is a potent commercial blend of artful tirade, visual excitement and sociological horror."	POS
United Kingdom	Philip French The Guardian	"The film is immaculately cast (...) [It endures] as a brave, outspoken work"	POS
United Kingdom	Nicholas Barber BBC	"Its shocking satire turned out to be eerily prescient"	POS
Spain	Fernando Morales Diario El País	"Lumet denuncia en este brillante filme las luchas entre las cadenas por conseguir el control de la audiencia. Un lúcido reflejo de los mecanismos internos de esta industria, que contó con un reparto tan conocido como eficaz y que obtuvo cuatro merecidos Oscars"	POS

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