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63% Critic Match
Mad City
“One man will make a mistake. The other will make it a spectacle.”
6.3 / 10• 1997• 1h 54m•PG-13• English
ThrillerDrama
Storyline
A misguided museum guard who loses his job and then tries to get it back at gunpoint is thrown into the fierce world of ratings-driven TV gone mad.
Cast & Crew
John Travolta
Sam Baily
Lead
Dustin Hoffman
Max Brackett
Mia Kirshner
Laurie Callahan
Alan Alda
Kevin Hollander
Robert Prosky
Lou Potts
Blythe Danner
Mrs. Banks
William Atherton
Dohlen
Ted Levine
Lemke
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Costa-Gavras's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Mad City is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
