Paramount Pictures | Release Date: December 5, 1973 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 16 Critic Reviews
Positive:
14
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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New York Magazine (Vulture)Judith Crist
Pacino's performance is bolstered by a screenplay and direction that respects the city-dweller's intelligence, that tells of an eleven-year experience with sophistication and temperance and resists endless opportunities for a wallow. [10 Dec 1973, p.93]
80
The TelegraphRachel Ward
A courageous and gritty police exposé. [11 Oct 2014, p.37]
70
The theme is richly comic, and the film is great fun, even though it sacrifices Serpico's story--one of the rare hopeful stories of the time--for a cynical, downbeat finish.