Mad City: Critic Reviews

40%

MovieWeb: 0 reviews

37%

RottenTomatoes: 50 reviews

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Janet Maslin New York Times (Top Critic)

Full Review » 12 years ago
Mike Clark USA Today (Top Critic)

25

A wanna-be event movie that merely reinvents the wheel.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Washington Post (Top Critic)

Full Review » 12 years ago
Houston Chronicle (Top Critic)

Full Review » 12 years ago
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)

50

Full Review » 12 years ago
Jeff Strickler Minneapolis Star Tribune (Top Critic)

Full Review » 10 years ago
Susan Stark Detroit News (Top Critic)

75

Full Review » 12 years ago
Emanuel Levy Variety (Top Critic)

42

This simplistic and obvious expose about the manipulative power of the news media (lazily acted by Travoilta and Hoffman) is so familiar that it's not going to upset or provoke anyone.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Globe and Mail (Top Critic)

50

Full Review » 10 years ago
Andrew O'Hehir Salon.com (Top Critic)

Full Review » 12 years ago
James Berardinelli ReelViews (Top Critic)

50

Full Review » 12 years ago
Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times (Top Critic)

Full Review » 11 years ago
Gary Brown Houston Community Newspapers

38

Mad City is a waste of your time and money.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Derek Adams Time Out

Full Review » 6 years ago
Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

42

...a film of mild pleasures and mild annoyances, alternately tired and clever yet ultimately dismissible.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Clint Morris Film Threat

60

Full Review » 7 years ago
Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com

63

'The media are vultures' is the prevailing point here, and it is not expressed in the most original or interesting of ways.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Dragan Antulov rec.arts.movies.reviews

60

Full Review » 8 years ago
Linda Cook Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

40

Full Review » 8 years ago
Fred Topel About.com

80

Compelling analysis of the modern media. Somewhat obvious, but still works.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Eugene Novikov Film Blather

Full Review » 9 years ago
Jeanne Aufmuth Palo Alto Weekly

75

Full Review » 9 years ago
John R. McEwen Film Quips Online

80

Full Review » 9 years ago
Margaret A. McGurk Cincinnati Enquirer

Full Review » 10 years ago
Mick LaSalle San Francisco Chronicle

50

Full Review » 10 years ago