Serpico (1973)

Rated R

 

Runtime: 2 hours and 9 minutes

 

Genre: Drama, Thriller and Crime

 

Director: Sidney Lumet

 

Writer: Waldo Salt and Norman Wexler

 

Actors: Al Pacino

 

Budget: $6,500,000

 

Box Office: $28,204,297

 

Positives:

• Excellent performance

• Terrific structural editing in order

• Crispy sound design

• End credits music is perfect

Negatives:

• Hard to see when it is dark outside

• Too many plot lines with everything going on and completely forgettable

• Lip sync issues

Overall Verdict:

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

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

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

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

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

Background Music/Audio 0 1 2 3 4 5 (3.5)

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

32.5/50 6.5/10