Director Harold Becker captures the political rhythms of the big city and keeps the rather complicated plot comprehensible. But audiences need to pay attention; this is not a by-the-numbers urban thriller.

| Aug 7, 2019

Its chief pleasure is the acting of the big cast, notably Pacino. At 55, he has a haggard, life-wrestling beauty and a street eloquence that has more innocence than De Niro and more sincerity than Nicholson.

| Jan 18, 2013

| Original Score: B- | Sep 7, 2011

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 18, 2002

A watchable but never pulsating portrait of mayoral wheeling-dealing.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 1, 2000

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Jan 1, 2000

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jan 1, 2000

Many of the parts of City Hall are so good that the whole should add up to more, but it doesn't.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 1, 2000

| Original Score: B- | Feb 16, 1996