Manhattan Night
Grindstone Entertainment Group | Release Date: May 20, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
44
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Mixed or average reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
8
Negative:
4
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Arizona RepublicRandy CordovaMay 19, 2016
DeCubellis sets up a satisfying, stylish mystery, populated by striking characters and situations. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubAdam NaymanMay 18, 2016
Luckily, Brody is a resourceful enough actor to make Porter a credible protagonist despite the mechanical nature of both his motivation and the plot around him. Read full review
60
The GuardianJordan HoffmanMay 19, 2016
It’s a film tremendously out of step with current tastes, and while I doubt that was its goal, this peculiarity makes it strangely watchable – even enjoyable. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsJoe DziemianowiczMay 18, 2016
Writer and director Brian DeCubellis bathes the screen in dark shadows and provides fluid pacing. If you like your entertainment pulpy — and don’t mind swallowing cliches along the way — this “Night” is worth a look. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerAug 25, 2016
Brody plays opposite Yvonne Strahovski, whose femme fatale is less like Lauren Bacall and more like Sharon Stone. Unfortunately, Strahovski’s flat portrayal lacks the basic instincts of Stone, though she does uncross her legs, and that is central to the curve-balling, sex-tape plot. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyMay 20, 2016
It’s pretty frustrating to watch a close-but-no-cigar movie like this. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayMay 19, 2016
It’s not a great movie but a welcome one, if only for how it attempts to revive a whole genre. Read full review
50
New York PostSara StewartMay 19, 2016
Too bad the film around Brody is fairly by-the-numbers, with a mean-spirited kicker that doesn’t imbue much originality to its imperiled-female plotline. Read full review
50
Washington PostPat PaduaMay 19, 2016
Manhattan Night gets by on the strength of its visuals and a few vivid central performances, but by the time we find out whodunit, it doesn’t really matter. Read full review
40
Village VoiceNick SchagerMay 19, 2016
Brody does his sturdiest work in years as the morally compromised Porter, and Strahovski makes for a fittingly seductive temptress with ambiguous motives. Manhattan Night's pedestrian style and affected atmosphere, however, make it a routine descent into the black heart of a city and its shady inhabitants. Read full review
38
The Seattle TimesSoren AndersenMay 19, 2016
We can see everything that Manhattan Night has in store from a mile off. Every step of the way it’s predictable. And that predictability makes it tedious. Read full review
33
IndieWireKate ErblandMay 17, 2016
Despite being rife with crime, sex and darkness, Manhattan Night feels increasingly like a cheap ripoff of the genre it so very much wants to fit into. Read full review
30
The New York TimesStephen HoldenMay 19, 2016
Unlike the juicy, overripe prose in the novel from which it was adapted, Mr. DeCubellis’s screenplay is utterly lacking in style. Mr. Brody captures his character’s attitude, but the colorless screenplay robs the character of literary imagination. Read full review
25
ObserverRex ReedMay 18, 2016
Although it has a calm and intriguing noir-ish style (up to a point), there is nothing lucid enough to recommend about Manhattan Night, including the film itself. Read full review
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