True Crime

True Crime (1999)

  • 54% of critics liked it
    (39 reviews)

  • 51% of users liked it
    (14,312 ratings)

Investigative reporter Steve Everett (Clint Eastwood) has just relocated to the west coast after getting fired from the New York Times. Thanks to his old friend, Alan Mann (James Woods), the editor-in-chief of The Oakland Tribune, Everett still has a job, but that's hardly the end of his problems.… More

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R, 2 hr. 7 min.
Directed By
Clint Eastwood
Written By
Larry Gross, Paul Brickman, Stephen Schiff
Genres
Mystery & Suspense, Drama
In Theaters
Mar 19, 1999 Wide
On DVD
Aug 10, 1999
Warner Bros. Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Michael Dequina, TheMovieReport.com

    Forget the mystery thriller plot... succeeds more as a study of character.

  • Rob Gonsalves, eFilmCritic.com

    The story drifts away, and the movie is structured in a conventional way that lets us know it won't end tragically.

  • Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid

    Eastwood handles it professionally, intelligently, and beautifully.

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    Hard to swallow.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Conner R


    A really powerful story about fighting to the very end and never giving up. Clint Eastwood of course does a great job as a womanizing hot shot reporter, but it's funny that he does it so well at 70. I really liked the draw in to the story, it wasn't sappy at all. They… More

  • Chris G


    A distant relative of His Girl Friday, True Crime is about a reporter (Clint Eastwood) at the bottom of his career writing for a small news paper after botching a story. That's not his only problem, though. Steve (Eastwood) is a bit of an asshole. He lives for himself and his… More

  • Jason O


    Very enjoyable drama about an innocent family man who's on death row. Can Eastwood interject and save the man's life or is he already too late?

  • Lady D


    An easy watching film, but certainly not one of Eastwood?s best - Acting wise or Directing. There are many other films that share the theme of this one and in fact come across much better. The plot is predictable and I feel Eastwood tried far too hard to come across as the… More

  • Drew S


    True Crime is flawed but still largely enjoyable, with an ending that confirmed my deepest suspicions: that the movie would end up as Hollywood formula. It is really, really bad, surely the darkest hour of what is otherwise a well-composed movie. The plot isn't always great, but… More

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