The Naked City
Universal Pictures | Release Date: March 4, 1948 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
74
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Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
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100
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
This superlative film set the pattern for myriad documentary-type dramas to come. Read full review
100
Entertainment WeeklySteve Simels
Nearly 50 years later, The Naked City‘s Oscar-winning cinematography and editing still have resonance. Read full review
90
The Observer (UK)Philip French
Both a landmark and some sort of masterpiece. Read full review
83
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
Perhaps the best thing about Naked City is that it does justice to that source material. At times, it rivals Weegee's best work in its harsh, unsentimental portrayal of New York as a city with a dark side the size of the Hudson River. Read full review
75
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
A first-rate police thriller (1948) directed by Jules Dassin when he was still in his prime and before he was blacklisted, shot memorably in New York locations. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleRuthe Stein
Shot on the streets of New York and offering vistas of the city before all the glass and steel skyscrapers, The Naked City, which won Oscars for cinematography and editing, boasts an impressive pedigree. [04 Jan 2004]
70
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Throughout, despite its omniscient, stark melodrama, there has been no sight lost of an element of humor. Barry Fitzgerald, as the film’s focal point, in playing the police lieutenant of the homicide squad, strides through the role with tongue in cheek, with Don Taylor as his young detective aide. Read full review
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