Homicide

I am a huge fan of Mamet and there's an excellent cast - even the mighty Roger Deakins as DOP. But this movie doesn't work.

A talky disappointment, HOMICIDE is decently reasonably well-acted, but there's not much more to say about it. The detective lead, Robert Douglas is quite good.

*SPOILERS*SPOILERS*SPOILERS*SPOILERS*SPOILERS"Homicide " is a movie from David Mamet that feels like a movie , instead of stage play like his other movies. It's surprising well directed .

A Jewish homicide detective (Joe Mantegna, who is not Jewish) investigates a seemingly minor murder and falls in with a Zionist group as a result.I can't say I have seen all of David Mamet's films, but I have seen enough to know that he is an excellent writer of dialogue.

I have deliberated whether to give it a 6 or a 7. From my point of view it should be somewhere around 6.

A 1991 film, "Homicide" opened the careers of two very important stars: William H. Macy, and Ving Rhames.

I saw this film on video when it came out, and have published two reviews about it elsewhere over the years. Having read all the other reviews of it on this site I can say only that I am astounded both that anyone should think the ending is weak, and that no one seems really to understand it at all.

After an excellent start, the movie took an unexpected turn for the worse starting around the break-in scene to this nazi (deliberate lower-case spelling) store. So I ended up with mixed feelings even after having read numerous reviews and after re-evaluating my initial impressions.

One of two subplots of the movie is an allegory on the identity crisis of American Jewish people. While their hearts beat in line with Israel, yet American Jews also identify themselves more with the American values.