Charles Deckert
31Dec11
Both are the most direct scenes in the film in my opinion...funny how Beatty's character gets all expressionistic on Finch in order to "get through" to him.
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Konrad Szlendak
19Jan12
Absolutely brilliant shit! Faye Dunaway's role is probably one of her very best and the rest of creations doesn't really come short either! This movie has an exceptional screenplay with one great scene following another... back then it was far ahead of it's time, but media reality beat even this over-the-top interpretation with time. Still it's very insightful, true to the core piece, which I enjoyed a lot.
Holger Haase
9Jan12
Well acted but now that TV has become even more farcical than this satire it feels at times like too much of a lengthy one-trick pony.
diego_vargas
2Jan12
"You're beginning to believe the illusions we're spinning here, you're beginning to believe that the tube is reality and your own lives are unreal. You do. Why, whatever the tube tells you: you dress like the tube, you eat like the tube, you raise your children like the tube, you even think like the tube. This is mass madness, you maniacs. In God's name, you people are the real thing, WE are the illusion. "
runfromfire
28Dec11
Everybody remembers Peter Finch's "I'm mad as hell" speech but for my money Ned Beatty's corporate demigod vitriol monologue packs so much more punch. And the cold sterility of the ending is perfect. An amazing flick all around.
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Christopher A. Cook
24Dec11
Every time I watch this film I swear this is the time that I will rise up, throw up my window and yell with Howard Beale, but I've never had the courage. The way you see ideas and people go through the cogs of corporate and television landscapes is terrifying, because you can see it in real life too. Finch is horrifying in this film, his words reach out and shake you, it's impossible to feel apathy during this film.
SeventiesSinema
17Nov11
Fun moments (especially the magnificent Faye screwing like a man), but dated by the writer's propensity to abandon the characters he's created in order to tell us what he thinks of the world (and television).
Anders Bergstrom
14Oct11
One of the sharpest screenplays of all time. This devastating critique of mass media used to be a satire, and then somehow morphed into reality in the intervening 35 years.
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Heikan
4Oct11
I believe that the fuel every social revolution needs is anger. Sure, indignation, charity and good will are all complementary elements, but they alone don't provide or canalize the collective energy needed to make a real, lasting change. The fucked up thing about mass media is that, while it gives us all the reasons to get "mad as hell", it never really allows us to stay that way. Cut to commercial. Stay tuned.
Jason Chan
24Aug11
the dialogues gives me goosebumps.....one of the greatest and prophetic screenplay ever, Ned Beatty's corporate cosmology speech being my favorite moment of the film.
Francisco R.
25Jun11
One of Chayefsky's finest works here executed perfectly by the talented cast and director. It may leave you with a bitter taste by the time it ends, but instead of wishing for a better conclusion, think about the message of the movie and how true it all sounds, even more so today than in 1976.
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WhatsUpWill
24May11
Wildly uneven script, acting is mostly crazy over-the-top. Screenwriter essentially comprises the script of long winded monologues, some deliver, others fall flat on their face. Would have benefitted from cutting off the fat (obviously the Holden/Dunnaway relationship). Still, though, strangely prophetic and incredibly funny.
Langston Young
12May11
Watched this again for the 2nd time this semester (in a different class no less), and I think that just goes to show how relevant and important a film like this really is. Great acting too.
Michael Gildea
28Apr11
Network is as hilarious as it is anger inducing. Calling this movie satire is like calling Michael Bay a dramatist. Paddy Chayefsky's script, Sidney Lumet's direction and the cast's performance make this movie better with each viewing. Network was decades ahead of its time...
Tara Violet
22Apr11
fantastic. the film has an amazing biting humor. it does have a relevance that rings true in today's society in its depiction of.the entertainment industry and the destructive hunger for fame and glory absolutely brilliant script; the "I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going take this anymore!" speech is unforgettable in its ironic brilliance
