Synopsis
A newly elected District attorney finds himself in the middle of a police corruption investigation that may involve his father and his partner.
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Cast
- Andy GarcíaSean Casey
- Ian HolmLiam Casey
- James GandolfiniJoey Allegretto
- Lena OlinPeggy Lindstrom
- Shiek Mahmud-BeyJordan Washington
- Colm FeoreElihu Harrison
- Ron LeibmanMorgenstern
- Richard DreyfussSam Vigoda
- Dominic ChianeseJudge Impelliteri
- Paul GuilfoyleMcGovern
Recommendations
- 88
Chicago Sun-Times
This movie is knowledgeable about the city and the people who make accommodations with it. - 88
ReelViews
One of the most refreshing things about this movie is the manner in which it combines genres in unexpected ways. - 80
Chicago Reader
Starting with its romantic and inappropriate title, this is an old-fashioned melodrama, the same movie about police corruption and a cultural crisis of morality that Lumet has been making since the 70s, starting with "Serpico". - 60
The New York Times
But Night Falls on Manhattan is also oddly listless. It doesn't often live up to the doomy eloquence of its title. - 60
Empire
It's good to know that the widely liked but underused Andy Garcia has here a juicy dramatic role he can get his chops into. - 60
Washington Post
While the predictable lesson -- that justice isn't cut and dry -- clogs the film's gears by the last reel, at least the first half of the movie has some lively story telling. - 60
Washington Post
That said, what must be added is that, disappointingly, Night Falls on Manhattan doesn't quite add up. - 50
Salon
The problem -- as anyone who gets home from the movie in time to catch even a portion of "NYPD Blue" can tell you -- is that the genre that Lumet invented has buried him alive.
