One of the best films Ever.

Rating: 10/10 (14 September 2005)

Not many films get as much right as this one does. The writing is excellent, intelligent; the performances absolutely brilliant and effective all around, particularly from Crowe and Pacino. The filming and editing are works of art. The music fits marvelously. I am totally absorbed and engaged every time I watch this, to the point of tears at times. Crowe should have gotten the Oscar for this rather than for "Gladiator," but alas, "Insider" came up against the devastating "American Beauty" and no one knew what to do...The film as a whole is a work of art, a true dramatic beauty, a tribute to the struggle of an ordinary, flawed man to do the right thing despite personal cost. Or of two ordinary, flawed men. A standing ovation to Michael Mann and everyone who brought this movie into being.