Mad City

Pros: Hoffman, Mia Kirschner, John Travolta
Cons: Story is old news

Mad City (1997) I've recently seen two of the handful of movies that make TV news reporters out to look as stupid as they are cocksure, at least that's what the movies seem to express, and I'm not sure that I disagree. The earlier stabs ...

Pros: Hoffman's acting, the brilliance of director Costa-Gavras.
Cons: none, really.

Constantin Costa-Gavras is the thinking man's film maker, known for hard hitting movies that take on the insulated world of American cultural Fordism- it is movies like 'Z', which exposed the callousness and brutality of the Greek dictatorship of the...

Pros: Great acting, good statement
Cons: Predictable, didn't draw me into the story

Okay, so the madness is not all that impressive. As a matter of fact the plot was interesting but less than stellar. Intended to take a look at the role of the media in influencing people's choices and the law itself this movie is not all that...

Pros: great acting (minus Travolta), interesting plot, a movie you can really get into
Cons: John Travolta, John Travolta, John Travolta

Box office totals can be deceiving. Not necessarily all films seen by everyone are awesome, and films that no one attends aren't always bad. Although preachy and sometimes frustrating to watch, Mad City managed to keep me intrigued through out the...

Pros: The stars; the message.
Cons: Hmmm, I was so involved in the story and performances that I'll have to think about it . . .

This film makes quite a statement on today's society. It is the story of modern media, getting the story at "all costs," and about the difficulty of getting off the wrong "path."

Lead by two powerhouse actors, Dustin...

Pros: None
Cons: Overlong, unbelievable plot, mediocre performances.

Dustin Hoffman, John Travolta, Alan Alda, TV News and it's manipulation of public opinion. You would think that, given the premise and the talent involved, this would be a fantastic movie. It's not. Overlong, an unbelievable plot, and mediocre...

Pros: great acting
Cons: none!

I don't know what movie everyone else saw, but I thought that
"Mad City" was one of the best movies I've ever seen. What
actually attracted me to this movie was...

Pros: all of it
Cons: to short

well i watched this because i had cable. so the people in the movie john travolta a security guard and dustin hoffman a tv report. dustin is a reporter trying to get their before anyone else and he did. he plays middle men for travolta and...