John Travolta, Dustin Hoffman, Alan Alda
A normal guy blows his top, and a news reporter turns into a national spectacle.
DVD Release Date: November 6, 2001
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Flixster Reviews (249)
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January 25, 2009A thought-provoking thriller that takes embedded journalism to a new level when a TV reporter (Hoffman) finds himself trapped in an accidental hostage situation. John Travolta plays to perfection the role of a simple, irate museum security guard who just wants his job back. Costa...( read more)
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August 6, 2008Unexpected ending, but the movie was boring overall. I don't know if it was that the actors were wrong for this movie or if it was just a bad movie.
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July 25, 2008Really mediocre for a Gravras film and such a powerful twin in the leading roles. It's uneventful, predictable and indifferent.
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November 10, 2009I really disagree with what others said that this movie was bad and boring and whatever they say...This movie might be missing a little action and has a little too much dialogue but overall, it's pretty interesting for me, and besides I think that John Travolta has done a good pe...( read more)
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November 6, 2009Yang suka Dustin Hoffman, boleh banget nonton film ini. Ceritanya menarik, tentang wartawan yang membombastiskan sebuah peristiwa sepele, hingga ia termakan sendiri oleh ulahnya. Pelajaran bagus buat para jurnalis, agar make hati kalo bekerja.Pemeran utamanya John Travolta lho......( read more)
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August 8, 2009A hugely under-rated drama with two great performances from two great actors. Dog Day Afternoon it ain't, but it does do a good enough job itself.
Travolta plays his role believavly and gets a great amount of sympathy for his character who you can't help but love and pity as h...( read more) -
April 20, 2009I quite liked this movie, dustin hoffman was brill and so was john travoltas acting.
John travlta is a security guard who gets sacked but he wants it back so it turns into a hostage situation with dustin playing the reporter and in the heeart of it all.
I think this is a brilli...( read more)
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