
Serpico is a cop in the 1960s-early 1970s. Unlike all his colleagues, he refuses a share of the money that the cops routinely extort from local criminals. Nobody wants to work with Serpico, and he's in constant danger of being placed in life threatening positions by his "partners". Nothing seems to get done even when he goes to the highest of authorities. Despite the dangers he finds himself in, he still refuses to 'go with the flow', in the hope that one day, the truth will ... (Full plot summary below)
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Serpico is a cop in the 1960s-early 1970s. Unlike all his colleagues, he refuses a share of the money that the cops routinely extort from local criminals. Nobody wants to work with Serpico, and he's in constant danger of being placed in life threatening positions by his "partners". Nothing seems to get done even when he goes to the highest of authorities. Despite the dangers he finds himself in, he still refuses to 'go with the flow', in the hope that one day, the truth will be known.
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| Village VoiceBenjamin StrongOught to look pretty dated. Instead, Sidney Lumet's biopic of Frank Serpico, the virtuous cop who exposed a network of graft in the NYPD, feels depressingly relevant. |
| Apollo GuideRyan CracknellVery much an Al Pacino vehicle, not that this is a bad thing. |
| Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittA quintessential New York director made this quintessential New York movie in 1973, with Pacino at his best. |
| Chicago ReaderDon DrukerA virtuoso performance by Al Pacino and some expert location work by Sidney Lumet add up to a tour de force genre piece. (Review of Original Release) |
| VarietyVariety StaffSidney Lumet's direction adeptly combines gritty action and thought-provoking comment. |
| Empire MagazineKim NewmanAl Pacino delivers a powerful performance in this compelling biopic...of a cop and a city's police force. |
| Stream on DemandSean Axmaker... set the style of American crime dramas in the seventies with his gritty look at street-level law enforcement and realistic portrait of procedure and systemic failure and it established Lumet as a director of intelligent, gritty, modern crime dramas |
| Film4Jon FortgangMemorable, thought-provoking and courageous. |
| New York TimesVincent CanbyIt is galvanizing because of Al Pacino's splendid performance in the title role and because of the tremendous intensity that Mr. Lumet brings to this sort of subject. (Review of Original Release) |
| Reel Film ReviewsDavid Nusair...Lumet effectively establishes a real sense of time and place... |