Rotten
For my taste the suspenseful set pieces go on much too long, and the message -- that right-wing conspiracy is built into the American political and corporate structure -- is overstated.
Don Druker, Chicago Reader
The Parallax View
As American as apple pie.
1974 · 1h 42m · R
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Alan J. Pakula
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The Parallax View
Overview
An ambitious reporter gets in trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corporation behind every event in the world's headlines.
Director and cast
- Alan J. Pakula Director
- Warren Beatty as Joseph Frady
- Paula Prentiss as Lee Carter
- William Daniels as Austin Tucker
- Walter McGinn as Jack Younger
- Hume Cronyn as Bill Rintels
- Kelly Thordsen as Sheriff L.D. Wicker
- Chuck Waters as Thomas Richard Linder
- Earl Hindman as Deputy Red
- William Joyce as Senator Charles Carroll
- Betty Murray as Mrs. Charles Carroll
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
87%
Tomatometer
Fresh
It's an astringently cynical take on official history, with Warren Beatty as a muckraker investigating the strange aftershocks of a senator's killing.
Ed Park, Village Voice
Fresh
Pakula's production and direction are lavish in physical details.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
Excellent performances; fascinating film.
Derek Adams, Time Out
Rotten
The thrills don't mount as the film goes on. They don't even accumulate. Once they are experienced, they dissolve so thoroughly that by the end you're likely to feel as cheated as I did.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
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