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Rehashing his favorite subject of New York City police corruption, Lumet slaps together, they say, an implausible plot (a year after law school, an ex-cop becomes a crusading district attorney), formulaic characters (bad-ass drug dealer, idealistic liberal defense lawyer), and preachy moralizing.
Anyone who has seen Cassavetes' film can imagine Lumet's and save eight bucks" ( Los Angeles Times ). Lawrence Van Gelder is alone in support, calling it "smoother, funnier, more suspenseful and more endearing" than the first film ( New York Times ). (Compare Rowlands' almost tasteful suit in the poster for the 1980 film with Sharon Stone's racy bustier in the current version.)
This year I nominated Mel Brooks, Doris Day, Miss Peggy Lee, Tina Turner, Les Paul, Chet Atkins, Mike Nichols, Stanley Donen, and Sidney Lumet among others.
Critics mostly dismiss Serpico director Sidney Lumet's 41 st film as hackwork.
Lumet's tempo and staging are just realistic enough to allow you to resent him for melodramatic devices that slicker directors get away with.