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Serpico

1973

Sidney Lumet

Al Pacino, John Randolph, Jack Kehoe, Tony Roberts ...

7.3

17,887

Drama Serpico is a cop in the early 1970s. Unlike all his colleagues, he refuses a share of the money that the cops routinely extort from local criminals. Nobody wants to work with Serpico, and he's in constant danger of being placed in life threatening positions by his "partners". Nothing seems to get done even when he goes to the highest of authorities. Despite the dangers he finds himself in, he still refuses to 'go with the flow', in the ... [+]

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Philip French The Guardian	"An enduringly entertaining thriller (...) 'Serpico' is among the finest pictures in the 50-year career of the prolific former child actor Sidney Lumet."	POS
United Kingdom	Kim Newman Empire	"Al Pacino delivers a powerful performance in this compelling biopic (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Vincent Canby The New York Times	"It is Lumet's toughest, most provocative film in years (...) [Serpico], beautifully played by Al Pacino, is a new kind of hero"	POS
United States	Don Druker Chicago Reader	"A virtuoso performance by Al Pacino and some expert location work by Sidney Lumet add up to a tour de force genre piece (1973) that transcends the supercop conventions to create a moving, engrossing portrait of Frank Serpico"	POS
United Kingdom	Geoff Andrew Time Out	"One-dimensional (...) [It] is so laxly structured that its rambling story seems to last longer than the (almost) three-hour 'Prince of the City'."	NEG
United Kingdom	Tom Hutchinson Radio Times	"[A] fascinating police thriller (...) [Lumet] never found a better purveyor of idealism than Pacino (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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