Homicide: The Movie

Homicide: The Movie (2000)

  • 100% of critics liked it
    (24 reviews)

  • 68% of users liked it
    (2,136 ratings)

Some six months after the cancellation of the popular, hard-hitting TV cop series Homicide, most of the cast members were reunited for a two-hour TV movie, which deftly (and somewhat surprisingly) combines stark, raw realism with Sartre-esque flights of fantasy. Several members past and present of… More

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PG-13,
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Genres
Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense
In Theaters
May 1, 2000 Wide
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Critic Reviews

  • Jordan Hiller, Bangitout.com

    Homicide, David Mamet's ponderous film about a Jewish cop losing his way, loses its way whenever it wanders from the scene of the crime

  • Chris Barsanti, PopMatters

    In Homicide's electric pop of language, Mamet provides a grand kind of stage for the ugly catalyst of jealousy and racial hatred that curdles in just about every character's mind.

  • James Kendrick, Q Network Film Desk

    one of Mamet's strangest and most compelling films

  • Christopher Long, Movie Metropolis

    The doomy mood of the final scenes packs a wallop that's missing from Mamet's more contrived narratives.

  • Paul Brenner, Filmcritic.com

    a high wire neo-noir that bravely incorporates the urban thriller with the crazy twist of religious conversion and the saving/condemning of a divided soul.

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  • Nicki M


    Good movie, well acted. I have rated it highly because it was obviously of a high standard, but for me personally, I didn't love it, and would not watch it again. It is a little confusing, and the racism issues, while important, ruin what would have - for me - worked better as… More

  • Aaron N


    Tim Sullivan: Hey, you got some... you got some heavy troubles on your mind? Huh, babe? We'll work it out. We'll play some cops and robbers. We'll bust this big criminal. We'll swagger around. A crime story that combines a police procedural and a cop's… More

  • John B


    Finally tracked this one down and I'm glad that I did. The dialogue is very Mamet which means incredible dialogue and monologues that actors will be using for auditions for years to come. Joe Mantegna delivers well.

  • matt s


    Exciting, but at times heavy-handed. Worth a watch if not for William H. Macy calling people faggots and telling other detectives to shut the fuck up.

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