Q & A

Name: Q & A
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Crime
Released: April 27, 1990
Duration: 132 min
Rating: 66
Cast: Armand Assante, Charles S. Dutton, International Chrysis, Jenny Lumet, Lee Richardson

1990

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TriStar Pictures | Release Date: April 27, 1990 | R

Starring: Armand Assante, Charles S. Dutton, International Chrysis, Jenny Lumet, Lee Richardson, Luis Guzmán, Nick Nolte, Patrick O'Neal, Paul Calderon, Timothy Hutton

Summary: Dirty cop, Mike Brennan thinks he got away with murder. But during a routine Q&A, the righteous assistant DA finds a clue that sets them both on a collision course.

Director: Sidney Lumet

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 132 min

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Owen Gleiberman

Q&A is a major film by one of our finest mainstream directors. As both a portrait of modern-day corruption and an act of sheer storytelling bravura, it is not to be missed. Read full review

Hal Lipper

Q & A marks Lumet's return to stride after Family Business, Running on Empty and The Morning After. When he deals with New York, cops and corruption, he can't be surpassed. [27 Apr 1990, p.6]

James Berardinelli

Q & A is testimony to the validity of the old adage: a good story, when well told, can never be told too many times. Read full review

Stanley Kauffmann

If you want glossy New York, see Woody Allen’s Manhattan. If you want the New York that makes people’s faces look the way they do in the subway, see Lumet. Read full review

Jay Carr

While Q & A derails, it's still marked by a love of language and a genuine civic passion that isn't afraid to face ugly facts, and of how many films can that be said? [27 Apr 1990, p.29p]

Vincent Canby

The dialogue is often brutally comic, and individual scenes cut deep. Yet the narrative finally becomes almost impenetrable. The focus that the director would have demanded of another writer is lacking here. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

Q&A is a pungent, graphic drama sabotaged by a stupid romantic sub-plot, misjudged casting and a truly abysmal soundtrack. Read full review

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