Epinions Recent Reviews for mvie mu-1006048

mvie mu-1006048: Lesser-known Classic

Tue, 31 Aug 2004 20:32:15 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jasonsurety - Dog Day Afternoon has not been placed as high on the pedestal of movie classics as I think it should. Al Pacino's performances have garnered well deserved critical acclaim and this one is no exception. Despite being loved by critics I don't think this...

mvie mu-1006048: An Underrated Gem

Sun, 20 Jun 2004 13:28:35 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author aeb89 - DOG DAY AFTERNOON is a lot of things. It’s a comedic look at criminals so unsuccessful they could compete with the characters played by Steve Buscemi and William H. Macy in FARGO (only this is a true story). It’s a study of the bond that forms...

mvie mu-1006048: Doing All The Wrong Things: Lumet's Dog Day Afternoon

Tue, 22 Jul 2003 21:54:49 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mfunk75 - In September of 1971, 1,300 prisoners at the Attica Prison facility in Western New York State rebell...

mvie mu-1006048: A media circus on a Dog Day Afternoon

Fri, 30 Aug 2002 15:55:53 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author weirdo_87 - The movie begins with a montage of clips, showing various people and activities going around in a Brooklyn neighborhood. It’s a hot, dog day afternoon on August 22, 1972 and many of the scenes show people trying to beat the heat. Three men, though, are...

mvie mu-1006048: Delightfully Strange

Wed, 31 Jul 2002 21:54:46 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jentnews - What do 10 bank employees, two gunmen, a transvestite wedding and Wyoming have in common?

They’re all elements in Dog Day Afternoon, a madcap comedy-drama starring Al Pacino, Charles Durning and John Cazales. Set in a Brooklyn bank on a...

mvie mu-1006048: Dog Day Afternoon: A Snapshot of America on One Very Hot Afternoon

Fri, 31 May 2002 15:04:48 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author d_fienberg - The Loving Spoonful wanted to point out that no matter how hot it gets in the summer in the city, at night it's a different world. But in Sidney Lumet's Dog Day Afternoon, the midday heat hasn't tempered, it has only built and as night falls, you know...

mvie mu-1006048: Killing Zoe vs Dog Day Afternoon

Thu, 25 Jan 2001 02:03:48 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author motivmed - This like many of Pacino's movies are groundbreaking trend setters. If you want to take a coparison view watch Dog day afternoon and Killing Zoe on the same night. What are the similarities. Both have bank robberies, both are botched by amateurs, both...

mvie mu-1006048: "ATTICA!!!!ATTICA!!!"

Fri, 8 Dec 2000 23:17:43 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author PoloPinoy - 1975 saw Jack Nicholson in Best Actor for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", but many consider Al Pacino's performance as Sonny in "Dog Day Afternoon" to be his best. And as the greatest actor in the latter half of the 2th century,...

mvie mu-1006048: Pacino and Cazale at their best

Thu, 1 Jun 2000 13:37:25 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author charlie2000 - 'Dog Day Afternoon' is an inspired and frantic movie that pulls you into the plot, making you feel as though it is you in that bank, being held up by two desperate individuals. Al Pacino and John Cazale star as Sonny and Sal, two gay men who hold up a...

mvie mu-1006048: Every Dog has his Day...

Sun, 30 Apr 2000 02:14:52 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mgscmwa - "Dog Day Afternoon" is an absolutely entertaining and fascinating movie. Could a movie have any more plots than this? Sonny and Sal decide to rob a bank. Sonny, Al Pacino, his our brave leader. Well, not so brave but certainly interesting. The...

mvie mu-1006048: Michael and Fredo Robbing a Bank

Thu, 6 Apr 2000 01:00:09 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Goatius - Based on an incredible true story, Sidney Lumet’s bank robbery caper manages to take the at times ridiculous subject matter and keep it from ever getting away from itself. It stays thoroughly believable throughout and never has the unfortunately...

mvie mu-1006048: Dog Day Afternoon a twisted morality play

Wed, 15 Sep 1999 02:33:25 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Andrew_Hicks - Dog Day Afternoon serves as a bizarre reminder -- Al Pacino used to be young. I've been so used to seeing him in new stuff like Donnie Brasco and Heat that it's hard to forget he's been making good movies for more than 20 years. Dog Day Afternoon is one...