City Hall - (7/10)

[Strider]

City Hall (1996)

Rated R for Language & Some Violence

Director:Harold Becker

Starring Al Pacino, John Cusack, Bridget Fonda, Danny Aiello, David Paymer, & Martin Landua.

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The film's plot focuses on New York Mayor John Pappas(Al Pacino)and his mayoral aide, Kevin Calhoun(John Cusack)who must deal with all the corruption surrounding New York City.

Well, this film fascinated me in some ways. I was genuinely interested in this tale of scandal, cover-up, and most importantly, corruption. And I found how the characters get through this interesting as well.

Acting-wise, it was pretty damn good. Al Pacino was his usual self, great. But I think the film's main star is John Cusack, who was brilliant, if I might add. You would think it would be the other way around, but IMO, it isn't. John Cusack is the character the film really focuses on.

My one and only, but major complaint is the way everything was solved towards the end. I thought it was done in a messy way, and there were some questions that were left unanswered. The film's final act could have been handle a bit better.

City Hall isn't a great film, it is merely a good film that will entertain, that's all. I've seen better films that deal with this kind of material, but due to the solid performances, City Hall is worth a look.

Running Time:1 hour 51 minutes

Grade:7/10

Strider

[Philip Marlowe]

I haven't seen this movie for such a long time but what I can remember I really liked it. I've always been a fan of Cusack and I think he out did everybody in this film.

From what I remember and I use that term loosly the dialogue was great.

also nice review it's put a lot of intrest back to this movie for me. I'll have to check it out again and tell you what I think about it in more detail.

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[Strider]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Philip Marlowe:
I haven't seen this movie for such a long time but what I can remember I really liked it. I've always been a fan of Cusack and I think he out did everybody in this film.

From what I remember and I use that term loosly the dialogue was great.

also nice review it's put a lot of intrest back to this movie for me. I'll have to check it out again and tell you what I think about it in more detail.

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Thanks for your comments, Philip. You're right about two things though. The dialogue was great, and John Cusack did out do everybody else. You should watch it again, good way to spend two hours of your time.

Strider

[This message has been edited by Strider (edited 01-31-2002).]