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Night Falls On Manhattan (1997)

UK THEATRICAL RELEASE: Sep 5th 1997 TOTAL FILM REVIEW 
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Sidney Lumet returns to his pet theme of personal honour versus political compromise in Night Falls On Manhattan, an uneven, sprawling melodrama that's ultimately redeemed by the veteran director's absolute belief in his subject matter. This is, of course, a quality lacking in many of today's fast-buck purveyors of wafer-thin, effects- laden candyfloss (Joel Schumacher, we're talking about you).

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