Liked a lot of his movies
Dog Day Afternoon, 12 Angry Men and Network being my favorites.
shareI liked his last one "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" (2007)
shareI liked it too.
I've got to get around to seeing more of his films.
MovieChat Forums > Sidney Lumet Discussion > Liked a lot of his movies
GREAT
12 Angry Men
Fail-Safe
Long Day's Journey into Night
Very good
Running on Empty
Dog Day Afternoon
Good
The Hill
Prince of the City
The Pawnbroker
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Network
Murder on the Orient Express
The Offence
The Verdict
OK
Serpico
No
Equus
Garbo Talks
NOOOO
The Morning After
Family Business
"Equus" is unconventional and disturbing, but Yes.
shareThere were some good moments from the supporting cast but I found Burton's performance to be one of his most wooden... those rambling monologues in close-up were pretty hard to take. It's been a while, but it's not something I'm likely to revisit, so my 'No' must stand...
shareThe psychoanalysis was interesting and the film was based on a shocking actual event, not to mention it was Jenny Agutter's most revealing role (lol). There's nothing else like it; in short, it's unique -- the same reason Voivod will always be a cult band.
I'm just citing its positives, but I can understand why most people don't like it or haven't even heard of it.