Network (1976)

Rated R

 

Runtime: 2 hours and 1 minute

 

Genre: Drama

 

Director: Sidney Lumet

 

Writer: Paddy Chayefsky

 

Actors: Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch and Robert Duvall

 

Budget: $3,800,000

 

Box Office: $23,694,459

 

Positives:

• Best screenwriting ever

• Masterpiece performances

• Intriguing motivations

• Perfect direction

Negatives:

• Minor narrative logic, sub plots, audio mixing and pacing issues

• Genre that gets a tiny bit confusing

Overall Verdict:

Story/Genre 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (9.5)

Character 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (10)

Dialogue/Diction 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (10)

Pacing/Timing 0 1 2 3 4 5 (4.5)

Background/Sets 0 1 2 3 4 5 (4.5)

Background Music/Audio 0 1 2 3 4 5 (4.5)

Camera/Cinematography 0 1 2 3 4 5 (5)

48/50 9.6/10