Serpico

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Undercover cop Frank Serpico is an honest man who is threatened and wounded for refusing to take part in corruption. Based on a real-life story, this engrossing biopic is a testament to one man's effort to reform the New York City Police Department.
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Netflix Rating: 3.8
Top Rotten Tomatoes Critics: Wonderful potential, and wasted. Serpico has some brutal surface flash and an acetylene performance by Al Pacino in the title role, but its energy is used to dodge all the questions it should have raised and answered. full review

Jay Cocks, TIME Magazine

Sidney Lumet's direction adeptly combines gritty action and thought-provoking comment. full review

Variety Staff, Variety

A virtuoso performance by Al Pacino and some expert location work by Sidney Lumet add up to a tour de force genre piece that transcends the supercop conventions to create a moving, engrossing portrait of Frank Serpico. full review

Don Druker, Chicago Reader

Lumet's biopic of Frank Serpico, the virtuous cop who exposed a network of graft in the NYPD, feels depressingly relevant. full review

Benjamin Strong, Village Voice

A remarkable record of one man's rebellion against the sort of sleaziness and second-rateness that has affected so much American life, from the ingredients of its hamburgers to the ethics of its civil servants and politicians. full review

Vincent Canby, New York Times

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