Review of City Hall (1996) by Stephen C — 08 Aug 2010
A case of too many screenwriter spoil the broth .
5 are credited wth the screen play and parts of it belongs to the hand of Paul Schrader which does shine through.
The film is not bad as such but lack of narrative slews all over the place and it tries too hard to engage,.
Pacino is on full shouty mode here and that helps and John Cusack is very very good ,and the supporting cast is game.
But the films cries out for a Scorsese or a Lumet to give the film the injection of pace it needs to come across as a real gutwrencher ,Beckers direction is flat and kills all tension in the story.
Not a total washout but so much potential wasted.
This review of City Hall (1996) was written by Stephen C on 08 Aug 2010.
City Hall has generally received positive reviews.
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