Dog Day Afternoon

Pros: Pacino, a different angle on the hostage-film genre
Cons: The swift rise of Sonny from loser to anti-hero, the disco fashions

In September of 1971, 1,300 prisoners at the Attica Prison facility in Western New York State rebell ...

Pros: The acting, the writing, the directing, the editing, the little stuff
Cons: Stylistically, the film is "of its time." That's not a con for me, but still...

The Loving Spoonful wanted to point out that no matter how hot it gets in the summer in the city, at night it's a different world. But in Sidney Lumet's Dog Day Afternoon, the midday heat hasn't tempered, it has only built and as night falls, you know ...

Pros: Direction, screenplay, Pacino, Cazale, Sarandon.
Cons: None.

DOG DAY AFTERNOON is a lot of things. It’s a comedic look at criminals so unsuccessful they could compete with the characters played by Steve Buscemi and William H. Macy in FARGO (only this is a true story). It’s a study of the bond that forms ...

Pros: Acting, cast, direction, writing, technical values.
Cons: Different from what some expect.

The movie begins with a montage of clips, showing various people and activities going around in a Brooklyn neighborhood. It’s a hot, dog day afternoon on August 22, 1972 and many of the scenes show people trying to beat the heat. Three men, though, are ...

Pros: Well-acted, well-written, funny, entertaining
Cons: May not be enough action for some people

What do 10 bank employees, two gunmen, a transvestite wedding and Wyoming have in common?

They’re all elements in Dog Day Afternoon, a madcap comedy-drama starring Al Pacino, Charles Durning and John Cazales. Set in a Brooklyn bank on a...

Pros: Excellent acting by Pacino, Casale, and others.
Cons: The bank they robbed was not J.P. Morgan Chase.

These are the dog days of summer. It will hit 100 degrees tomorrow where I live. So I cranked up my air conditioning in the house today, sipped iced tea and watched my VHS of Dog Day Afternoon.
The movie takes place on August 22, 1972. Two men...

Pros: Terrific direction, script, top notch performances from Pacino, Sarandon, Durning
Cons: Reality is very hard to believe sometimes

Based on an incredible true story, Sidney Lumet’s bank robbery caper manages to take the at times ridiculous subject matter and keep it from ever getting away from itself. It stays thoroughly believable throughout and never has the unfortunately...

Pros: fantastic acting and sense of tension
Cons: none

'Dog Day Afternoon' is an inspired and frantic movie that pulls you into the plot, making you feel as though it is you in that bank, being held up by two desperate individuals. Al Pacino and John Cazale star as Sonny and Sal, two gay men who hold up a...

Pros: Script, Pacino's performance
Cons: Dated, character depth of supporting cast

1975 saw Jack Nicholson in Best Actor for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", but many consider Al Pacino's performance as Sonny in "Dog Day Afternoon" to be his best. And as the greatest actor in the latter half of the 2th century,...

Pros: Great acting, strong script
Cons: Not much actually happens

Dog Day Afternoon serves as a bizarre reminder -- Al Pacino used to be young. I've been so used to seeing him in new stuff like Donnie Brasco and Heat that it's hard to forget he's been making good movies for more than 20 years. Dog Day Afternoon is one...

Pros: Acting, dialog, evoking, unique
Cons: N/A

Dog Day Afternoon has not been placed as high on the pedestal of movie classics as I think it should. Al Pacino's performances have garnered well deserved critical acclaim and this one is no exception. Despite being loved by critics I don't think this ...

Pros: A ground breaking trend setting movie for society and Pacino
Cons: Somewhat dated, but compared to Killing Zoe it is still fresh.

This like many of Pacino's movies are groundbreaking trend setters. If you want to take a coparison view watch Dog day afternoon and Killing Zoe on the same night. What are the similarities. Both have bank robberies, both are botched by amateurs, both...

Pros: Great Story and Performances
Cons: None

"Dog Day Afternoon" is an absolutely entertaining and fascinating movie. Could a movie have any more plots than this? Sonny and Sal decide to rob a bank. Sonny, Al Pacino, his our brave leader. Well, not so brave but certainly interesting. The...

Pros: Great script, great direction, Al Pacino and John Cazale!
Cons: I would have wanted to see more of Charles Durning

When the three guys go into the bank to rob it, there's sunny and warm. A beautiful day when nothing could ever go wrong... Except when the police, the TV and hundreds of bystanders arrive. Everything goes wrong.

The movie starts with the...