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By Dennis Schwartz (5,456) for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (5,456) on 20 May 2011

Directs another Serpico, but with improvements…

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By Bill B (2,505) on 24 Apr 2011

Sheer perfection. One of the most underrated and forgotten masterpieces of the 80s…

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By Marc S (212) on 16 Apr 2011

Great film about, corruption, friendship and doing whats right, only snipe I would have is that its a tad 2 long and not enough courtroom scenes…

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By Brian R (1,372) on 10 Apr 2011

Sidney Lumet's Prince Of The City is a sad, draining masterpiece…

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By Johnny S (381) on 27 Mar 2011

Ok this movie is pretty well of the based on the true story of the 1971 and the based on the book by robert daley…

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By Eric M (1,401) on 24 Sep 2010

A great lead performance from Treat Williams and a solid supporting cast of terrific character actors (including Jerry Orbach, Lance Henriksen,…

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By Nick M (1,532) on 24 Sep 2010

A great lead performance from Treat Williams and a solid supporting cast of terrific character actors (including Jerry Orbach, Lance Henriksen,…

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By Stephen C (1,119) on 23 Sep 2010

Simply Outsanding Police corruption thriller from the master of the genre Sidney Lumet…

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By Ben B (1,489) on 25 Jun 2010

P to the C offers some incredible performances in Lumet's epic police drama headed up wonderfully by Treat Williams…

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By Chance F (96) on 18 Apr 2010

Good Sidney Lumet film. A bit long but keeps you interested…

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By Carey L (103) on 01 Feb 2010

Treat Williams just isn't charismatic enough to support its three-hour running time. Otherwise, it's a nifty precursor to Scorsese's Goodfellas…

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By Marko S (143) on 05 Dec 2009

Too long, lacks the action, but probably the most complete police movie ever…

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By Ian M (1,478) on 24 Oct 2009

This isn't any better than any other 70's movie that portrays police corruption. It was long and kind of hard to get into. I wouldn't watch it again…

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By Brody M (674) on 21 Oct 2009

A boring movie.I just couldnt get into it…

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By David Ansen (1,073) for Newsweek (1,534) on 13 Aug 2009

What remains is nearly three hours of disorientation and paranoia, accented by Method-y monologue outbursts that quickly disappear into a vacuum…

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By Henry K (43) on 29 May 2009

A 168-minutes police drama by Sidney Lumet, what's not to like…

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By Justin B (2,000) on 26 May 2009

Great movie robbed of half a star by William's TV movie-esque performance. If only it'd been an underacting Pacino in his role…

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By Rose A (118) on 04 May 2009

Fine picture from Sidney Lumet is flawed by the performance of Treat Williams, who has a tendency to overact in scenes requiring him to show…

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By Variety Staff (1,156) for Variety (12,700) on 26 Mar 2009

Director Sidney Lumet is in firm control of the sprawling canvas, showing in spades his ability to harness intense energy and almost uniformly…

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By Jay M (484) on 07 Feb 2009

The law doesn't know the streets. But that doesn't mean that blurring the lines of the law is necessarily a good thing…

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