Up there with The Godfather and The Conversation

Rating: 10/10 (29 September 2003)

This is a superb piece of 70s cinema, and there's loads I could
write about it, from Pacino's firecracker intensity contrasting with
Cazale's tombstone aggression, or the brilliant combination of
Dede Allen's editing and Victor Kemper's antsy, claustrophobic
camerawork. Or I could just say that, of all Sidney Lumet's
exceptional run of 70s films - Serpico, The Offence, Network, The
Anderson Tapes - this is the best. Or I could say you simply have
to see it, which is probably the best advice.
So see it.
NOW!