Al Pacino, Bridget Fonda, Danny Aiello
This complex 1996 drama directed by Harold Becker (Sea of Love) attempts to explore big-city corruption and the flexibility of what's right and wrong in the political arena. John Cusack (Say...( read more
)) plays the senior aide to mayor John Pappas (Al Pacino), a popular and seasoned politician whose administration is threatened when what seems to be an accidental shooting of a child reveals a nest of corruption and lifelong personal debts that tests Cusack's loyalty to the man he thought he knew. Pacino turns in a finely textured performance as a man who has his own lofty ideals, but whose pragmatism sets in motion a series of events with tragic results. Cusack admirably captures the essence of someone polished and savvy at his job who must cope with fundamental disillusionment. This political thriller suffers at times from a lack of focus, but still offers an insightful and poignant treatise on the quagmire of politics in the modern age and the human toll it sometimes exacts. --Robert Lane
DVD Release Date: July 27, 1999
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November 5, 2009Started off good at the beginning but then it started to turn into just another movie.The speech Al Pacino gave at the kids funearal was Waaaaaay overdone
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August 1, 2009A fine political thriller, with strong, charismatic performances, particularly from Al Pacino, John Cusack and Danny Aiello.
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February 5, 2009In a performance both volatile and graceful, Al Pacino re-teams with Sea of Love director, Harold Becker.
As New York Mayor John Pappas in City Hall.
A savvy thriller thats the first film ever shot inside the lower Manhattan structure that's ground zero for the City's governmen...( read more) -
January 11, 2009City Hall benefits from a great cast of talented actors but falters with its predictable and in places paint by numbers story/script. John Cusack plays a role he's not un accustomd to and does well in it same can be said for Al Pacino who i think relies on auto pilot more than an...( read more)
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November 24, 2008Only giving it 3 because of al pacino. Amazing monologues and the emotion was good but it was just so slow at times and everything was so haphazardly hard to follow, i got lost.
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July 2, 2008I think when it comes to this kind of movie, intense thriller of who is really behind the crime.....John Cusack is a master, I love his acting
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