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City Hall (1996) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give City Hall (1996) a score of 2.7624 out of 4

based on (45) reviews

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Excellent

(2)

Very Good

(34)

Good

(9)

Fair

(0)

Poor

(0)

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Ben Hoffman

The black population is understandably angry. This is hardly the first innocent child to get killed in an exchange of police/gang crossfire. The buck stops at the desk of Mayor John Pappas (Al Pacino). How many more kids are going to be killed? In the...read the complete City Hall (1996) review at Ben Hoffman

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Filmtracks (Christian Clemmensen)

While Goldsmith would employ the timpani again in L.A. Confidential, nothing in the composer's career compares to its total and complete dominance in City Hall. Goldsmith seems to use the instrument as the driving heartbeat of the...read the complete City Hall (1996) review at Filmtracks (Christian Clemmensen)

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Moviepie.com

City Hall is the first speed bump I've hit in my private Al Pacino film festival. What I love about his movies is a sense of immersion, where you start to forget yourself and become completely involved in the story. Unfortunately, City Hall constantly...read the complete City Hall (1996) review at Moviepie.com