Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Reptileenbu Did you people see the same film I saw?

Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

Kaelan Mccaffrey Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

betty dalton This is a fullblown Robert de Niro flick, who as a character is running on empty: no money from the ATM, no money from work. What to do? He creates a pipedream and is gonna organize a boxingmatch with no knowledge of it and with no money to back it. That spells trouble. Night and the City has it's other star in the name of Jessica Lange. Both Lange and de Niro make "Night and the City" a joy to watch. It is a light drama although the feelgood factor is at such a high that you could also call it a feelgood drama.You just gotta love the character de Niro plays, he fails at everything but gets away with it and has another even bigger project destined to fail lined up right after the earlier misfortunes. He is truly the great pretender, but feelin' good at it!If you like de Niro's work you should definitely see this lighter drama, because he dances a tightrope between a comedy and a drama and does so very convincing. The dialogues are funky and full of wit. The story is simple but connivingly great and has a great dynamic. It has a nice throwaway feel to it, but however lighthearted it is, the story deals with heinous deceit. "Night and the City" has become so dear to me over the years, because the characters are so sympathetic: while failing at everything they still hold on to their dreams and on to eachother's love. De Niro and Lange are just to die for in this New York Tale of love and deceit.

leplatypus Everything has a reason: my dad has this poor - cheap quality package DVD while this movie has 2 Hollywood icons. So from now you know that is the proof of a really bad movie! Indeed if the producers are ready to sell it at so low cost, it's because a few bucks means they can gain a few bucks: as french Guignols tell us about the World Company, the poor have not nothing but have little and so the cupid firms are interested in taking this little! Here the movie is totally absurd: I didn't catch why Bob as a disastrous lawyer wants suddenly to become a disastrous promoter of boxing games! His reference is an old boxer (well played) who happens to be a brother of a sort of Don… There is a sort of revenge between Bob and this Don but I can't fathom why! There is another Don who lends money played atrociously by poor Wallach! Jessica Lange has a totally transparent and inept part! Her vengeful boyfriend and bartender is as stupid as all others! The movie is so bad that I even felt asleep watching it! So I was happy to be back at Manhattan since maybe The Drop but I quickly become very disappointed!

thejcowboy22 Basically most people attend movies to get away from the daily grind of life. Here we have a reality peace. A fast talking Lawyer with a failed plan. A girl friend with a failed restaurant.As this tail unfolds your hoping in the end everything we'll work it's magic toward our star (the underdog) De Niro. De Niro did his fine job of playing the shyster and his plan to fill a boxing card. Using his energy and persuasive dialogue to no avail. This movie was very predictable and waiting for the plot to twist and turn in our stars favor never happens. Like a blind man walking along the precipice of the Grand Canyon. This movie was doomed to failure. Everybody fails. As your viewing you say to yourself, "Why did I wait so long for the inevitable?" Three points for Jessica Lange and Robert under the tutelage of Stella Adler. Regis Philbin and Wife have a cameo. WHY?

namashi_1 A remake of the 1950 film noir of the same name, 'Night and the City' is an interesting story, which begins well, but, has a lackluster culmination.'Night and the City' is about a cheating and incompetent lawyer played by De Niro, who suddenly gets obsessed on becoming a boxing promoter. The concept is weird, but at the same time, it's interesting. This remake begins well, the first 40-45 minutes, especially, are very interesting. All goes down well, except the final 20 minutes. The culmination doesn't work a bit. It's completely bland.Irwin Winkler's direction is satisfactory. The Screenplay has it's bumps here and there. Tak Fujimoto's Cinematography is average. Editing isn't anything. Music by James Newton Howard works well.In the acting department, De Niro is efficient, but goes over-the-top at some portions. Jessica Lange is the real show stealer. She's fantastic throughout. Alan King hams to the hilt. Others lend able support.As my summary says, it's strictly a one-time-watch. Not much to rave or rant about!