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80
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45
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But Mr. Costa-Gavras, a galvanizing filmmaker working with a splendid cast, is able to tell this story in style.Full Review

Elvis Mitchell
The New York Times

Director Costa-Gavras packs a whole lotta hectoring into this high-strung morality play about the broadcast media's culpability in the escalation of human drama into camera-ready Greek tragedy.Full Review

Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly

Unfortunately, Mad City merely pumps up the volume on material that has already been picked clean. [07Nov1997 Pg 74]Full Review

Jami Bernard
New York Daily News

A blanket indictment like this has to be either satirically trenchant or a roundhouse punch to the gut. Tom Matthews' script takes a mushy middle ground, and the result seems less mad than just a bit addled or hacked off. [07Nov1997 Pg08.D]Full Review

Mike Clark
USA Today

Mad City might have been more fun if it had added that extra spin--if it had attacked the audience as well as the perpetrators. As it is, it's too predictable.Full Review

Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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