Review of Dog Day Afternoon (1975) by Pauline Kael for The New Yorker — 19 Sep 1978
Dog Day Afternoon is a melodrama, based on fact, about a disastrously illplanned Brooklyn bank robbery, and it's beautifully acted by performers who appear to have grown up on the city's sidewalks in the heat and hopelessness of an endless midsummer.
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This review of Dog Day Afternoon (1975) was written by Pauline Kael and published by The New Yorker on 19 Sep 1978.
Dog Day Afternoon has generally received very positive reviews.
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